Double Chin Fat Removal, the Safest Salivary Gland Removal Method Available Today

Hello.

I’m Yoo Young-gi, a board-certified plastic surgeon who is serious about eliminating double chins.

How serious am I?

To remove double chin fat more definitively, while keeping it safe,

I purchased and actively use the FT10 LigaSure device, which costs tens of millions of won and was developed by ValleyLab, the top name in electrocautery devices.

Because it is a device typically used only in university hospitals, there are probably only a handful of private practice plastic surgery clinics that use it.

It makes it possible to neatly remove the salivary glands, fat, and other tissues responsible for the sagging under the chin without bleeding!

The downside is that because the tip is an expensive disposable item, several hundred thousand won in additional cost is incurred for each surgery ㅠ

However, because it reliably stops even tiny amounts of bleeding, it significantly reduces the possibility of hematoma and also clearly prevents saliva from leaking early after salivary gland resection.

The reason this matters is that the fatty tissue or salivary glands in that area receive abundant blood flow.

When using a conventional electrocautery device for hemostasis, if you try to control even the microscopic bleeding that is not visible to the eye, you inevitably end up burning a wide surface area, and that adds thermal damage and unnecessary injury to the surrounding tissues.

In particular, if nearby nerves are exposed to unnecessary heat and nerve damage occurs, it takes a very long time to recover.

Why am I so concerned about microscopic bleeding? It is because the speed of recovery after surgery changes.

Even if a Hemovac negative-pressure catheter is left in place for several days, if bleeding occurs locally and hematomas form and clot in certain areas, it is difficult to prevent them completely. And because these locally formed hematomas take longer to be absorbed, the recovery period can become longer as well.

The rate of complications in my surgeries is clearly divided into before and after using the LigaSure device. Not only do simple hematoma complications decrease, but I can also clearly feel that recovery is faster.

Many people ask after double chin contouring surgery when they can go back to work.

I tell them that if they rest over the weekend and there are no issues, they can go to work on Monday.

But to be honest, it does take a little courage.

There will inevitably be swelling, and in fact, during that period I apply skin-colored tape around the double chin area for compression, so it does not look very unsightly.

I usually remove the tape on day 3 or 4, and until then, it may look like something was done, so I meant that it takes courage haha

In the past, I used a Hemovac negative-pressure catheter after surgery. Like the day 1 photo shown in the post below.

https://blog.naver.com/youngkeeyoumd/223735575853

These days, my own surgical technique has improved, and because I operate in a way that minimizes bleeding as much as possible, I have not used a Hemovac for quite some time.

Of course, even without using it, there has never been a problem such as a hematoma.

The reason it is possible without a Hemovac is this. You can think of it as the surgical method having advanced.

It is not simply a matter of pulling tissues; by learning how to pull while compressing,

when I operate, I compress and secure the tissues underneath by pressing them with the deeper tissue layers, and as a result, a hemostatic effect naturally comes as a bonus.

This may not be easy to understand from words alone. If you come in for a consultation without any pressure,

I can look at several things, such as how the surgery is performed, whether you are a case that would benefit from surgery, and so on.

Just because you come for a consultation does not mean I will push surgery on people who do not need it ^^;

I have been too busy lately to have time to post, but going forward, I will try to share information that patients often want to know, whenever I can.

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Roy Plastic Surgery complies with the Medical Service Act. The photos in this post were taken under the same conditions, and are images captured with the patient’s prior consent. In addition, after plastic surgery and procedures, side effects such as bleeding, infection, and inflammation may occur depending on the individual, so caution is required.