Fat Dissolving Injections Melbourne

Under the chin is the most common area treated at the clinic, but the same treatment works on other small, discrete pockets of fat: bra fat, love handles and small areas of the abdomen among them. The pocket has to be small and clearly defined. It is not a treatment for general body fat and it is not a weight-loss treatment, so a consultation is necessary to confirm whether an area is suitable before anything is planned.

They can, when a discrete submental fat pad is genuinely the cause. Treatment is planned as a course, commonly around four sessions, with gradual reduction between them. They do not tighten loose skin or correct a recessed chin, and a large pad may be better served by surgery. The assessment sorts this out first.

Commonly around four, though it depends on the size of the pad and how you respond. Change is gradual and cumulative, so sessions are spaced several weeks apart and reviewed against photographs before the next is planned.

Swelling under the chin is expected and can last several days, sometimes into a second week, especially after the first session. It is part of how the treatment works, and it settles between sessions.

Then this is not the right treatment, and you will be told so. A recessed chin, loose skin or an undefined jaw angle all create the look of a double chin, and each has its own approach. Dissolving fat that is not the cause does not help and can make loose skin look worse.

Fat cells that are broken down and cleared do not return, but significant weight gain can enlarge remaining fat cells in the area. A stable weight helps the result last.

In trained hands, placed precisely in the correct plane, it is a well-established treatment. It is doctor-performed here specifically because the submental area has structures that careful technique is designed to avoid.