Using small, strategically placed entry points, Dr. West removes excess fat from beneath the chin, along the jawline and upper neck. Careful sculpting enhances your jawline and profile.

Fat Loss Treatment Ann Arbor
An Overview of
Awake Liposuction
Session Length
90 to 120 minutes
Number of Sessions Needed
1
Downtime
1 week
Results Duration
Varies
What It Treats
- Excess neck fat
- Skin laxity
- Neck bands
- Sagging neck
Enhance Your Jawline & Confidence
Even with consistent workouts and healthy habits, fullness under the chin can linger. When this area doesn’t reflect how fit you are, neck liposuction at the Michigan Center for Cosmetic Services is a precise, minimally invasive way to sculpt and refine your lower face.



Results Gallery
Explore Our Transformations
By removing unwanted fat and refining the angle between your chin and neck, this procedure restores definition that diet and exercise struggle to create. See how patients have reshaped their jawlines and strengthened their confidence.

We use local tumescent anesthesia, meaning you can remain totally comfortable and alert without the risks, recovery, and grogginess associated with general anesthesia.
True neck refinement requires more than simple fat removal. Dr. West takes every step necessary to ensure the outcome is clean, defined, and harmonious.
Why Patients Love It
Surgical-Level Expertise
Dr. West is a board-certified cosmetic surgeon who trains other medical aesthetics providers and frequently corrects suboptimal results from inexperienced providers.
Efficient Treatment
Most patients can achieve their desired contour with just one procedure. Once the fat cells are gone, they do not return so long as you maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Noticeable Improvement
As swelling subsides over the following weeks, your jawline can appear sharper and your profile more refined. When maintaining a stable weight, your results can last for many years.
Awake Neck Liposuction,
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to Help
If you aren’t sure where to begin, our online Treatment Builder recommends services based on your unique concerns. Should you feel ready to take the next step, request your first visit with us to get started.
Frequently Asked Questions
The goal of neck liposuction is refinement. Your provider evaluates your chin projection, jawline shape, and skin quality before sculpting the area with meticulous control. To help you achieve your goals, liposuction can complement any other fat loss treatment.
Ann Arbor patients benefit from Dr. West’s advanced surgical background, which allows her to contour conservatively and strategically, creating balanced definition. When performed with her level of expertise, the outcome looks as if you’ve simply lost weight or improved your fitness. You never look like you’ve had obvious work done.
During the procedure, suction removes excess fat beneath the chin through discreet access points. Those fat cells are permanently eliminated from the treated area.
With our structural fat loss treatment, Ann Arbor patients often find empowerment knowing that once those cells are gone, they do not regenerate. While the remaining fat cells in the body can still expand with weight gain, the sculpted neck contour achieved through surgery is long-lasting with a stable lifestyle.
Although many patients initially focus on their side profile, the impact goes beyond that single angle. By refining fullness under the chin, the transition between your face and neck becomes more defined from the front, side, and three-quarter views as well.
Using our precision-driven fat loss treatment, Ann Arbor’s leading medical aesthetics practice achieves results that appear more proportionate overall. Dr. West prefers to perform her liposuction treatments with nonsurgical skin tightening to maximize overall results. Sometimes, subtle enhancements with treatments such as dermal fillers can further enhance jawline and chin contouring.
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Rejuvenation Awaits
Ready to begin? Use our online treatment builder to tell us your concerns, or simply request an appointment to begin your journey with us. You can also check out our blog for insights from leading aesthetic professionals.



