How Can I Tighten Up The Loose Skin Under My Chin After An Intraoral Chin Reduction?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had an Intraoral chin reduction in 2023 & am seeking a way to tighten up the excess skin left after my surgeon burred down 6mm of bone. After my surgery I now experience sagging skin on my chin that I didn’t have before. I wasn’t happy with the look of the skin on my chin after the surgery so my surgeon did a submental chin tuck in office, but I still feel like there’s skin sagging. I do have a scar underneath my chin. Would I still be able to get a submental chin “tuck” with a previous scar? I’m not exactly interested in more bone work being done, or getting a secondary chin reduction because the first time I was disappointed. I attached a photo of a Lateral Ceph taken this year. This Xray was done 2 years after the surgery.

A: The intraoral chin reduction you had produced exactly the outcome one would expected when its bone support is reduced….an excessive /droopy soft tissue chin pad. The submental chin tuck was the appropriate solution but it was inadequate because it was under done. Since you already have the a submental scar there woild be no reason to not take advantage of it and have a second submental soft tissue reduction.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon