Double Chin
The softness weight loss did not reach.
Submental fullness, what most people call a double chin, can come from three very different sources: a pocket of fat under the jaw, loose skin, or a bulkier chewing muscle. The treatment that works depends on which one you actually have, so the assessment comes first.
Double Chin
The softness weight loss did not reach.
Submental fullness, what most people call a double chin, can come from three very different sources: a pocket of fat under the jaw, loose skin, or a bulkier chewing muscle. The treatment that works depends on which one you actually have, so the assessment comes first.
CONCERN & CAUSES
Three Reasons a Double Chin Forms
A double chin is not one condition. It is a visual outcome with very different causes underneath, and treating the wrong layer wastes time and money. This is the first thing Victoria looks at during an assessment.
01
Submental Fat
A pocket of fat settles between the chin and neck, sometimes genetic and sometimes after weight changes. It resists overall weight loss, so you can be lean elsewhere and still carry fullness here.
02
Skin Laxity
Loose, draping skin sits under the jaw with little fat beneath it. More common after weight loss or as collagen declines with age. Pinching gently tells you a lot, with little to grip.
03
Masseter Prominence
The chewing muscle at the angle of the jaw can enlarge from clenching, grinding, or natural musculature. When the masseters are bulky the lower face widens, and that shape can read as fullness.
04
Combined Layers
Many patients carry a combination, fat with some early laxity, or muscle bulk with mild fullness. Each layer adds a little, so the plan is built around the mix actually shaping what you see.
Treatment Benefits
Treatments Matched to the Cause in Pickering
Treating the wrong layer wastes time. Victoria, an RN with over a decade of clinical experience, maps the submental area first, then selects fat reduction, skin tightening, or structural work so each tool addresses the layer that is actually creating the fullness.
Lipolysis
An injectable treatment that breaks down the membranes of fat cells under the chin. Over the following weeks the body clears those cells through its normal metabolic pathways.
Sofwave
An ultrasound skin-tightening treatment that stimulates new collagen in the mid-dermis to lift and firm the submental area. It tightens skin and does not dissolve fat.
Jawline Contouring
Structural hyaluronic acid injection along the jawline, chin, and mandibular angle to add projection and a cleaner edge to the lower face.
Botox for TMJ
A neuromodulator placed into the masseter muscles at the angle of the jaw to gradually soften bulk that widens the lower face.
How to Hold Your Result Between Sessions
Lipolysis clears fat cells for good, but skin tightening and muscle relaxation need maintenance, and the skin under the jaw keeps changing with age. A steady home routine supports firmness and carries the contour you treated for, and the habits below are how you hold it.
Cleanse Gently
Firm the Neck
Hydrate the Barrier
Support With Care
Protect Daily
Recommended Skincare Protocol
Tripeptide-R Neck Repair
A targeted neck and jawline treatment that combines peptides and retinol to firm crepey skin and support collagen, helping hold the contour from chin to neck between in-clinic sessions.
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FAQ
Common Questions About
Double Chin Treatment
Yes, when the treatment matches the cause. Lipolysis genuinely reduces submental fat, Sofwave tightens loose skin, jawline contouring adds projection, and masseter reduction slims muscular fullness. Most patients see meaningful improvement, but the path looks different depending on what is actually creating the fullness in your specific case.
Most patients need two to four sessions spaced six to eight weeks apart. Your practitioner assesses progress at each visit and adjusts the plan. Some patients see what they want after two sessions, while others continue for a fuller correction.
Noticeable swelling lasts one to two weeks after each session, and sometimes longer. The area can feel firm and tender during this time. We recommend booking sessions well away from weddings, photos, or major work events so you can recover comfortably.
Lipolysis dissolves the treated fat cells and your body clears them, so those cells do not return. Significant future weight gain can still affect the area, since remaining fat cells can enlarge. Skin tightening and muscle relaxation are not permanent and require maintenance.
No. Sofwave is a skin-tightening and lifting treatment, not a fat-dissolving one. It firms loose skin in the submental area, most often after lipolysis has reduced the underlying fat, to refine the line from chin to neck.
Then fat-dissolving treatment will not help. Sofwave addresses laxity by stimulating new collagen, and in more advanced cases a combination approach with jawline contouring can restore definition along the lower face. The assessment is where this gets sorted out.
Yes, and they often are. Lipolysis to reduce fat, Sofwave to tighten skin afterward, and jawline contouring to add definition is a common sequence. Your practitioner stages them so each one has time to work before the next begins.
Only an in-person assessment can tell you reliably. Pinching the area gives some information, but the way fat, skin, and muscle layer in this region needs an experienced eye. The consultation itself is where this gets sorted out.
Pricing depends on which treatments are part of your plan and how many sessions are needed. Victoria gives you a clear cost outline at your consultation so you can plan the full sequence upfront rather than session by session.
Reducing submental fat refines the line from chin to neck, so the lower face reads sharper from the side and in photos. It does not alter the rest of your face. Victoria treats the submental area conservatively and reviews your profile between sessions, so the change reads as a cleaner jawline rather than a different face.