Looking for a treatment of tech neck? Well first, let’s discuss what tech neck is. With everyone staring at their smartphones, they notice their neck fullness when in selfie mode. That results in one of two things: a realization that they’ve always had that fullness but never noticed before. Or they’ve given themselves that fullness by always looking down at their phone! Either way, you have minimally invasive options.

Kybella for treatment of tech neck

Kybella is a liquid, the consistency of water, that is injected approximately 20 times a centimeter apart to the area of concern in the neck. The treatment is repeated 2 to 6 times over the course of months until the patient reaches their desired result. Each treatment costs about $800 but varies among doctors.

One critical detail is that after each treatment, the patient’s neck will swell for about a week.

CoolSculpting for treatment of tech neck

CoolSculpting is a non-surgical treatment that requires an applicator placement to the fat portion of the neck. It works by freezing the fat and thereby killing the fat. The treatment takes 35 minutes and must be repeated 6 weeks later. Each treatment costs between $750 and $1000. There is no neck swelling afterwards.

Neck liposuction for treatment of tech neck

While it’s understandable that everyone wants a non-surgical treatment, there is a point where it becomes pointless if 1) it ultimately costs as much as a surgical treatment and 2) requires many treatments to 3) still not get the patient where they want to be.

So yes, neck liposuction is surgery, but it’s only one small 3mm incision behind the chin. All of the fat that concerns the patient can be removed in one procedure that takes about 30 minutes. The neck is swollen for several days but not necessarily a week and not as much as Kybella. Short, sweet, effective and about the same price as non-surgical options.

So what should you do?!

Decide what is most important to you. If you’re a non-surgical treatment-or-bust kinda person, even if it requires multiple treatments and not reaching 100% of your goal, then go for Kybella or CoolSculpting. If you can’t take the time off and want to be done in one treatment session, then neck lipo is for you!

Video reviewing the pros and cons of Kybella, CoolSculpting and Neck Lipo

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Techniques to reduce breast size

First and foremost, CoolSculpting does not or is not designed to reduce breast size in women. Typically, breasts in women are composed mostly of breast tissue, not as much fat until later in life. Since CoolSculpting reduces fat and not fibrous breast tissue that creates milk, it would not be very effective for a woman.

However, for a man, there may be a better chance. While men have some breast tissue, typically behind their nipples, their chest is made up mostly of fat. For this reason, a CoolSculpting applicator can be placed on the male chest to reduce fat.

As with any patient, this issue ultimately boils down to expectations. So while CoolSculpting can potentially reduce breast size in the male patient, will it be enough of a reduction to make the patient happy? Tough to tell. The patient needs to understand that the fat reduction is 25% at most. They may still have breast tissue behind the nipple that is their main concern. This won’t be affected by CoolSculpting at all.

There’s also the issue of skin tightening. Aggressive liposuction can result in skin tightening but the skin will not tighten as much after CoolSculpting. In the end, a good old-fashioned operation may be the best way to ensure meeting the patient’s goals. You can read more about gynecomastia correction (surgical correction of male breasts) here.

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Popular procedures for men

Eyelid lift

The eyelids may be the first thing to go on a man. Whether it’s heavy upper eyelids or fat bags under the eyes, eyelid surgery is very popular. One reason contributing to its popularity, aside from the surgery being very effective, is that it can be done with minimal downtime.

For the upper eyelid, the incision is hidden in the natural crease of the upper eyelid. The incision to remove fat and eliminate fat bags from the lower eyelids can be done without an obvious incision. In fact, the incision is made on the inside of the lower eyelid. Fat is removed and no stitches are necessary to close the incision. Also, this procedure doesn’t typically hurt. Lack of pain and a man’s tendency to not tolerate pain as well as women contributes to the popularity of this procedure! Check pricing on an eyelid lift here.

Neck lift

Deep lines on a sagging face can be distinguished on a man, but a sagging neck can show age and make someone look heavier than they really are. Men are very self conscious of their necks and this may be more common with the advent of selfies.

The problem for many men is that the incisions for a neck lift can be very visible behind the ear due to short hair. Luckily, many men are a candidate for a mini neck lift. This means they only receive an incision behind the chin. The incision is actually well hidden and allows the surgeon to redrape the skin, tighten the neck muscles and perform liposuction all at the same time. Check pricing on a neck lift here.

CoolSculpting

CoolSculpting doesn’t replace liposuction. But if you want no downtime and a reduction in your love handles, this is a go to for men. Neither men nor women are itching to go to surgery but again, men are particularly “allergic” to pain. For those of you not familiar, CoolSculpting is a non-surgical treatment for stubborn pockets of fat not amenable to exercise. In a morning or afternoon session, fat can be frozen with the ability to partake in a conference call during treatment.

Botox and Fillers

As men try to keep looking young, or at least as young as their CEO, non surgical injectables are just what the doctor ordered. BOTOX® Cosmetic or XEOMIN® can relax the lines due to overactive muscles in the face (forehead, 11’s between the eyebrows or crow’s feet). It lasts for up to 6 months and is one of the most popular, most successful aesthetic treatments ever.

Fillers on the other hand are used to fill in wrinkles due to loss of collagen, not overactive muscles. These include the parentheses lines extending from the nose to the corners of the mouth. Men also get fillers to streamline their jawline and hide jowls. All of these injectables can be done on your break. However, women have the benefit of covering up any potential bruises with makeup!

If you’re interested in any of the treatments above, you can check pricing from Dr. Kaplapn by clicking here.

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1. If I get liposuction to one area, fat will come back in another area

I don’t care how many times you read it or say it, it still isn’t true. This is how it works.

By the end of your adolescence, your body forms a certain number of fat cells. They don’t multiple after that. That only expand or shrink depending on your fat intake. So after liposuction, you have a fewer number of fat cells. You can still eat fatty foods and what fat cells you have left after lipo will absorb that fat.

However, the fat that you take into your body isn’t smart enough to say, “oh, they did liposuction to the abdomen, so I’m going to go to the arms.” It doesn’t work that way. Your body is genetically predisposed to have more fat collect on the hips or the thighs or the bra chub or wherever. We’re all a little different. So whether you’ve had liposuction or not, fat will continue to deposit in those same areas. Simply having liposuction won’t change your genetic predisposition and therefore won’t change where your fat tends to deposit.

2. Once I get liposuction, I can eat whatever I want and not get fat

You can, but you shouldn’t. Don’t use liposuction as a way to lose weight. Use it as a way to motivate yourself to work harder to stay in shape. And as mentioned above, eating more after liposuction won’t increase your number of fat cells, it’ll just make your remaining fat cells swell.

3. Liposuction can treat cellulite

It can’t. Cellulite, the dimpling often seen on the outer thighs near the buttocks is not caused by fat only. There are fibers that extend from the deep tissues of the thigh up to the skin. Those fibers pull on the undersurface of the skin, and the fat in between those fibers give the skin that characteristic dimpling. So if you only get rid of fat, the fibers and the dimples will still be there. The treatment is to cut the fibers.

There are several treatments for this but the problem is that the fibers can regrow and reattach to the undersurface of the skin. So while there are new good treatments for cellulite, like Cellfina, it’s not clear how long the improvement lasts.

4. You’re left with sagging skin after liposuction

Luckily, if you have good quality skin with lots of collagen and recoil, the skin will tighten after liposuction. But it’s also up to your surgeon to exercise good judgement to know when you have so much skin that you need the skin removed (like in a tummy tuck) vs only liposuction. And contrary to popular belief, laser liposuction does not tighten the skin better than regular liposuction. However, laser lipo certainly can increase the risk of you getting 3rd degree burns of the skin from the inside!

5. Liposuction is an easy way to lose weight or cure obesity

While you certainly do lose a few pounds with aggressive liposuction, that’s not the point. Liposuction is there to help sculpt your body, not weight loss. In fact, removing too much fat in an effort to help you lose weight can be dangerous. By removing too much fluid, you can go into an extreme case of dehydration calling hypovolemic shock. Even if you don’t know exactly what that means, it certainly sounds bad. So don’t go through lipo to lose weight. Do it for the right reasons.

And here’s a bonus myth of liposuction debunked:

Liposuction is expensive!

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