What is jowl plastic surgery?
The effects of ageing can usually be concealed by using make-up tricks on the deformities in the face area. However, the same cannot be said for the sagging and wrinkles which occur on the jowl area.

This can only be fixed with jowl plastic surgery. With this effect, you will feel and look younger. Excessive fat, sagging and wrinkles in the jowl area, which covers the area from the neck to the chin, make people look older than they actually are. With different aesthetic methods, depending on the rate of deformation in the jowl area, everyone can have an aesthetical jowl.

How is the status of the jowl area assessed?
The jowl area covers the area between the chin and lower neck. Because this area that is essential for a young face is parallel to the chin, sagging should not be present when viewed from the front. This causes people to look older than they actually are. This effect negatively changes the person's whole face perception. While other deformities of the face area can be concealed with make-up, the same is not the case for jowl area.

Structure of the jowl region
When the general body characteristics are considered, the thinner muscle of the body covers the jowl region. These muscles support some of the facial expressions. The jowl region is affected by gained and lost weight on the face area.

Because of this, this area is affected by external factors. Even if your skin condition is good, sagging may occur as a result of facial expressions and lost weight. Because people with weight issues often gain and lose weight, neck aesthetics may be impaired.

This effect is based on the reduced water content of the body caused by advanced age. Besides, even in young people, sagging may take place as a result of gravity applying stronger on the jowl. The loosening of the muscles covering the jowl area can only be treated with surgery.

How young will you look after jowl plastic surgery?
The most obvious area that makes the person younger after a plastic surgery operation is the face. With jowl plastic surgery, the patients will look 5-15 years younger.

At what age can jowl operations be performed?
Around the age of 30, liposuction operation is usually performed with laser lipolysis in order to treat the deformation on the jowl. Jowl stretching operations can be performed after the age of 50. In the case of minor effects, local anaesthesia is applied for fat removal. The jowl area can be tightened with laser lipolysis. The fat cells underneath the jowl are ruptured and absorbed by the body.

In this operation, the skin is tightened as well. The operation usually takes between 1.5 and 2 hours. This operation is performed on jowl areas loosened as a result of advanced age. The excess skin is gathered behind the ear.

Is jowl operation difficult?
This process is not as difficult as people fear. Voice quality and speech are not adversely affected by the methods applied during jowl plastic surgery. Based on the sagging level of the jowl, a laser tightening operation can be applied as well. After the operation, which is done with local anaesthesia, the patient is discharged on the same day.

When should a jowl sag be treated?
If jowl sagging is diagnosed in an early stage, it is easier to treat the deformities. In case of sagging and loosening, the problems that could be solved by a small intervention are replaced with bigger problems that can only be solved with complicated operations.

Which gender suffers worse from jowl sagging?
Deformation of the jowl area occurs more often in women. The reason behind this is the fact that women have more sensitive skin. In men, this area is more resistant. Jowl sagging often happens in men as a result of excess weight.

With advanced age, women experience jowl-related issues. Even if they are underweight by the age of 30, the jowl area may become saggy when viewed from the front, and overweight people may experience jowl sagging by the age of 40 due to ageing. In people over 50, jowl sagging becomes apparent and begins to show the age of the person.

Following the jowl plastic surgery
If patients undergo laser lipolysis, they can return to normal life within about 3-5 days, within 1 week if fat removal is performed and 10 days if neck stretching is performed. If a chin operation was performed on the patient, they can continue their daily routines after 5 days. Neither laser lipolysis nor fat removal operations leave a scar. However, in jowl stretching operations, small scars may remain behind the ears or on the scalp.

Are the results of the jowl operation permanent?
Jowl plastic surgery is the most successful operation within the field of plastic surgery. The results last for years. Patient behaviour and habits are important here. The results of the operation will last longer if the patient takes care of their diet and does not gain weight.

What is the role of the chin in jowl sagging?
The jaw structure is of great importance in terms of jowl aesthetics. When the jaw structure is small, the jowl sagging happens in the early periods of life. With the operation to be done, the chin is brought to the ideal dimensions and sagging of the neck is corrected.