Jawline Contouring

Common Jawline Contouring Treatments

Surgical Procedures

Chin Augmentation: Also known as genioplasty, this procedure reshapes or enlarges the chin to create a more harmonious balance across the nose, chin, and jawline. It’s best for candidates with a small, weak, or recessed chin.

Facelift & Deep Plane Facelift: These two advanced procedures are the most intensive treatments for jawline contouring. During surgery, underlying facial muscles, fat pads, and connective tissues are elevated and repositioned to address moderate to severe skin laxity, wrinkles, jowls, and other signs of facial aging, giving patients a significantly more youthful appearance. 

Fat Transfer: This procedure harvests fat from your body, typically the abdomen, thighs, or hips, to add volume, definition, and sharpness to the jaw, chin, and lower face. Once collected, the fat is processed and centrifuged to isolate healthy, undamaged fat cells, which are then injected into the jaw area.

Lip Lift: Lifts the mouth and lips to reduce the distance between the nose and mouth, creating a subtle view of the upper teeth. During the surgery, excess skin is removed from the area between the nose and mouth, giving the lip an apparent increase in volume for a more youthful appearance.

Liposuction: Permanently removes localized fat deposits from beneath the chin, along the jawline, and in the upper neck for a chiseled, defined jawline. This procedure often eliminates the “double chin” and sharpens the angle between the chin and neck, creating a more youthful, sculpted profile.

Neck Lift: Creates a firmer, more angular jawline by getting rid of jowls, sagging skin, excess fat, and muscle bands. It eliminates the “double chin,” slims the neck, and reveals the jawline for improved facial balance and harmony. 

Rhinoplasty: Helps achieve total facial harmony and balance, resulting in a proportionate, cohesive profile. With the nose at the center of the face and the jawline at the bottom, the two work in unison to create a balanced structure for complementary, natural-looking results.

Non-Surgical Treatments

BOTOX: BOTOX is a purified protein injected into targeted areas of the face, neck, or body to paralyze muscles and reduce unwanted signs of aging temporarily. For jawline contouring, it slims, softens, and reshapes the lower face by targeting and relaxing the masseter muscles. BOTOX reduces muscle bulk to create a sharper look, rather than adding volume, as traditional fillers can.

Dermal Fillers: Injectable, gel-like solutions used to restore loss of volume, smooth lines, soften creases, or enhance contours in various areas of the face. This treatment provides immediate, long-lasting results and has very minimal downtime, making it an attractive option.

RF Microneedling: Combines traditional microneedling with radiofrequency to deliver energy into the lower layers of the skin. The device used in the procedure stimulates collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid production to reduce acne scars, fine lines, deep wrinkles, sagging skin, and pore size. By heating deep tissue layers, this procedure triggers natural healing that lifts sagging skin and creates sharper definition and firmer skin.

What Are the Benefits of Jawline Contouring?

Our patients in Grand Rapids benefit from jawline contouring in several ways, whether they receive a single treatment or multiple treatments. Here are some ways you could benefit:

• Improved facial definition and structure, as both surgical and non-surgical treatments combine to make a sharper, more chiseled, and angular jawline
• Achieve a more youthful appearance through lifting sagging skin, reducing jowls, and restoring volume loss in the lower face.
• Reduced double chin, as certain treatments can take away that extra fat from under the chin for an improved facial silhouette
• Enhanced facial balance, creating a more proportionate jawline, chin, and neck, harmonizing with other facial features
• Minimal downtime if you receive non-surgical treatments
• Long-lasting, natural-looking results
• Customizable results
• Boosted confidence

Who Are the Best Candidates for Jawline Contouring?

The best candidates for jawline contouring in Grand Rapids vary slightly based on skin quality and your rejuvenation goals. In general, you will be a good candidate if you have:

• A weak or undefined jawline, whether you were born with it or developed it over time
• Signs of facial aging, such as sagging skin, jowls, loss of volume in the face or neck
• A receding chin and want to make it more prominent to balance their facial profile
• Mild to moderate skin laxity, unless you’re looking to receive a deep plane facelift, which allows for severe skin laxity
• Fullness under the chin, like a “double chin” that does not go away with diet or exercise
• A desire for a more defined, sculpted look, which is possible for masculine and feminine features
• Good overall health
• Realistic expectations on how much the procedures can meet your goals

What to Expect on the Day of Jawline Contouring Treatment

Your jawline contouring treatment in Grand Rapids may look different from other patients’ because each treatment plan is tailored to your individual goals, skin quality, and appearance. If you get a more complex procedure, such as a deep plane facelift, you can expect to receive general anesthesia, bandages, and you will need someone to take you home. If you receive non-surgical treatments, you can expect to return to work the same day after an appointment lasting as little as 30 minutes. During your consultation, the Nurse Injectorwill provide a detailed explanation of what your jawline contouring treatment day will look like.

Jawline Contouring Recovery

Recovery steps after a jawline contouring appointment in Grand Rapids vary from patient to patient, as the treatment and recovery plan is tailored to your personal goals, the extent of the treatments you receive, and your individual response to the procedures. Our non-surgical procedures allow you to return to work within a few days, or even the same day, while the more extensive procedures may take several weeks. In general, you should hydrate, get plenty of rest, especially if you have a surgical procedure, and closely follow all post-injection instructions.