Excess fat under the chin is something that many people experience and feel self-conscious about. When you have a double chin, it can pull the attention away from your more attractive features and disrupt your facial harmony. When it comes to extra fat in this area, even diet and exercise often fail to make a difference. However, if you suffer from a double chin, you may have heard of a treatment called Kybella. Kybella, or deoxycholic acid, has become a very popular treatment for removing excess submental fat and, believe it or not, it offers permanent results.
What Is Kybella?
Kybella is an injectable cosmetic treatment used to eliminate excess fat beneath the chin. Kybella contains deoxycholic acid, which is a naturally occuring bile salt that’s produced by our bodies. When the synthetic form of this acid is injected into the submental fat, it’s able to destroy the fat cells in the area.
Does Kybella Permanently Get Rid of Excess Fat?
Although it may sound too good to be true, Kybella is able to permanently eliminate the extra fat from underneath your chin. When the synthetic deoxycholic acid comes into contact with your fat cells, the ones that are destroyed can’t ever grow back; they’re gone forever. This means that Kybella can offer permanent results for reducing your double chin. However, that doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you will never have extra fat in the area again.
Although Kybella will destroy many of your submental fat cells, it won’t destroy 100% of them. Those remaining fat cells could potentially become larger again down the road. If this happens, your double chin may start to return, although it still shouldn’t be as large as it originally was.
Fortunately, there are measures you can take to ensure that none of your submental fat returns after undergoing Kybella treatment.
How Do You Prevent Submental Fat From Returning?
If you want to ensure that your double chin never returns, you’ll need to prevent the remaining fat cells under your chin from growing. To achieve this, all you really need to do is avoid gaining a significant amount of excess weight. As long as you maintain a consistent exercise routine and a healthy, nutritious diet, the fat cells remaining in your submental area should remain shrunken. And since the cells destroyed by Kybella won’t be returning, you shouldn’t ever need to worry about having a double chin again.
Specifically, there are several things you can do to help maintain your Kybella results long-term:
- Avoid high-sodium foods
- Limit your alcohol consumption
- Drink plenty of water
- Eat fruits and vegetables
- Exercise regularly
- Maintain a stable weight
What Is the Takeaway?
Undergoing Kybella treatment is an effective way to get rid of your double chin, and the fat cells destroyed by the procedure won’t ever come back. Although the treatment doesn’t guarantee a slim chin for life, you will enjoy permanent results if you simply maintain a healthy lifestyle. For optimal results from your Kybella treatment, it’s also important to have it performed by a skilled and experienced facial plastic surgeon like Dr. Stephen Weber.