Step 1
Shielded and Numbed
The skin is cleansed, the eyes are covered with protective shields and a local anaesthetic settles the treatment area. You stay awake and comfortable throughout.
Your weight has been steady for years, yet the side-on photo shows a fuller chin. That pocket keeps its own count. Endolift slims it and firms the skin above, with Dr Mattia performing every session.
The scales have read the same number for two years, and your favourite jeans still fit. Then a friend shares a photograph taken from the side. Under your chin sits a soft fullness the mirror never showed you. That pocket keeps its own count, and Endolift double chin treatment at Cannelle Skin Clinic in Summertown, Oxford works on it directly.
| Performed by | Treatment | Back to normal | Results last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Mattia Parducci, GMC 7635663 | 60 to 90 minutes, local anaesthetic | Within 24 to 72 hours | Typically two to three years |
Endolift is a minimally invasive, non-surgical laser treatment. Dr Mattia Parducci plans and performs every one at the clinic himself. He works through one tiny entry point under local anaesthetic, with no incisions and no stitches. You stay awake throughout, and most people are back to their usual routine within 24 to 72 hours.
The clever part is that the same light does two jobs under the chin. It slims the small pocket of fat there and tightens the skin above, so the line looks clean rather than slack. The fibre carrying that light is about 300 microns wide, finer than a hair. The whole session takes 60 to 90 minutes.
Think of the people you know with a fuller chin in profile. Plenty of them run, swim or walk everywhere, and some are slimmer than average. Fat under the chin answers to its own rules, so a steady weight and a full chin can live together. The shape of the jaw you inherited plays a large part too.
When the body draws on its fat stores, it does so everywhere at once and on its own terms. Nobody chooses which pocket shrinks first. The area under the chin is often one of the last to change. Chin exercises and good posture flatter a profile, though they work on muscle rather than that small pad of fat.
The skin over the pocket matters just as much. Collagen thins gradually with the years, so the skin under the chin holds less firmly than it once did. When fat and looser skin meet, the neat corner where jaw meets neck softens into a slope. The side-on photograph then tells a different story from the mirror.
The feeling is widely shared. Researchers have even built a validated scale for the emotional impact of fat under the chin. People describe the same small habits, from drifting to the back row of photographs to tilting the laptop camera upwards. None of that reflects a lack of effort, and all of it eases once the profile changes.
On the day, Dr Mattia studies your profile from both sides and marks the pocket under the chin. Local anaesthetic settles the area first. He then makes a single tiny entry point and eases the fibre into the layer of fat beneath the skin. You feel mild pressure and warmth, and most people rate it at two or three out of ten.
A soft red guide light shows him exactly where the tip sits as he works in slow, fanned passes. The laser energy reduces the fat cells in that pocket, and your body clears them gradually over the following weeks. At the same moment the collagen in the skin above contracts, so the area firms a little before you leave.
That second job is what keeps the result looking clean. Slimming a pocket of fat without firming the skin over it can leave the skin with nothing to hold. Endolift tightens as it slims, and the fresh collagen it prompts keeps building for months. The skin then settles closely along the new contour instead of hanging below it.
Earlier work on this approach points the same way. A study of laser fibre treatment under the chin and along the neck recorded thinner fat and tighter skin in mild to moderate neck ageing. Those two changes together turn a soft slope back into a defined angle beneath the jaw.
Endolift suits a small to moderate pocket of fat with mild to moderate looseness in the skin above it. Most people who have it are between about 35 and 65. It works below the surface, so every skin tone can be treated. It is a contouring treatment rather than a weight-loss one, designed for soft, stubborn fullness.
Dr Mattia reads the jaw and the jowls at the same visit, because the under-chin rarely changes alone. A softened jawline can join the same session. Our guide to jowls and a sagging jawline explains how the two connect. Where the skin is thin and crepey, skin boosters refine its quality above the lift.
Where the skin has stretched beyond what tightening can draw in, Dr Mattia will point you towards a surgical opinion. If another treatment would suit your profile better, he tells you so and shows you why. The plan you leave with is built for your own chin and the skin around it.
Where the skin is thin and crepey, skin boosters refine its quality above the lift.
A small sterile dressing covers the entry point, and there are no stitches to come back for. The area under the chin can feel full and tender as the numbness fades. Any swelling or bruising builds to a peak around days four to seven. It then eases with simple pain relief while the profile quietly takes shape.
Hot yoga, saunas and steam rooms wait for the first fortnight, by which time most swelling has gone. Dr Mattia goes through your aftercare in person before you leave and sees you again at a follow-up. Work, family and an ordinary week carry on around the healing without much fuss.
Some firming shows on the day, and the clearer change comes as the fat clears and the new collagen forms. Between two and four months the corner under your jaw starts to look crisp in photographs again. The skin refines across three to six months, and the result typically lasts two to three years from a single session.
Your first visit is a consultation with Dr Mattia Parducci (GMC 7635663), who performs every Endolift at Cannelle. He looks at your profile from both sides and gently pinches the area to judge how much is fat. He also checks how much spring the skin above it still has, and agrees the area with you.
Treatment under the chin starts from £1,350, and your price is confirmed at your consultation. The Endolift page lists each area, and our guide to the neck and décolletage covers the skin just below. Most chins need one session, and your consultation gives the real number for you. Dr Mattia’s profile sets out his experience.
Our Summertown clinic is a short trip from Marston and Wolvercote, and people travel from across Oxfordshire for it. If side-on photographs bother you more than the mirror does, come and talk it through with Dr Mattia. He will show you what Endolift under the chin can do for your profile.
Six moments from one Endolift appointment with Dr Mattia Parducci, photographed at MediZen, our sister clinic. Tap a photograph to read what is happening.
Step 1
The skin is cleansed, the eyes are covered with protective shields and a local anaesthetic settles the treatment area. You stay awake and comfortable throughout.
Step 2
The only thing that goes beneath the skin is an optical fibre about 300 microns across, slipped in through a single tiny entry point. No incisions and no stitches.
Step 3
Dr Mattia guides the fibre just under the skin along the jawline, steadying the tissue with his other hand. Most people feel mild pressure and warmth.
Step 4
The red glow is the guide light, showing exactly where the laser energy is working. The tissue contracts as it goes, so some tightening shows on the day.
Step 5
Each area, from the jowl to the cheek, is treated in slow passes. A whole session takes 60 to 90 minutes, depending on how many areas are planned.
Step 6
A small sterile dressing covers the entry point. Fresh collagen keeps firming the skin over the next three to six months, with the clearest change at two to four.
Book a consultation with Dr Mattia Parducci at our Summertown clinic and find out what Endolift can do for the pocket beneath your chin. Call 01865 537885 or message us on WhatsApp, and the team will find a time that suits you.
People who come to us about a fuller chin tend to ask the same few things: what changes, how it feels, how long it lasts and what it costs. Here are the answers, and Dr Mattia will cover anything else in person.
Yes, where the fullness is a small to moderate pocket of fat with mild to moderate looseness in the skin above. The laser energy reduces the fat cells in that pocket and tightens the skin over it at the same time, so the angle beneath your jaw looks cleaner. Dr Mattia confirms at your consultation whether your chin suits the treatment.
Fat under the chin answers to its own rules. When the body draws on its stores it does so everywhere at once, and the under-chin pocket is often one of the last areas to change. The shape of your jaw and the gradual loosening of skin with age add to it, so it says nothing about your effort.
No, it is a contouring treatment for one small area. Endolift is designed for the localised pocket of fat under the chin and along the jowls, rather than larger volumes elsewhere. It works best on someone whose weight is steady, and Dr Mattia will tell you at your consultation whether your fullness is the kind it treats well.
Endolift is designed to prevent exactly that. The same light that slims the fat also contracts the collagen in the skin above it, and fresh collagen then forms over the following months. The skin settles closely along the new contour, which is why the result looks firm rather than slack.
Local anaesthetic numbs the area first, so most people feel mild pressure and warmth rather than pain, and rate the discomfort at two or three out of ten. You stay awake throughout. The area can feel tender for a few days afterwards, and simple pain relief keeps you comfortable while the swelling settles.
Most people return to normal activities within 24 to 72 hours. Swelling, tenderness and any bruising reach their height around days four to seven, and simple pain relief keeps you comfortable. Saunas, steam rooms and hot yoga are best left for the first two weeks, and Dr Mattia sees you again at a follow-up.
Some firming shows on the day. The clearer change arrives between two and four months, as the treated fat clears and new collagen forms beneath the skin. The profile keeps refining across three to six months in total, and the result typically lasts two to three years from a single session.
Endolift for the area under the chin starts from £1,350, and your price is confirmed at your consultation once Dr Mattia has agreed the area with you. Treating the jawline or neck at the same time changes the figure. Every area is listed on our prices page so you can plan ahead.
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