Kybella is a unique injectable treatment that permanently reduces fat. The active ingredient in Kybella is deoxycholic acid, a naturally-occurring substance that dissolves fat cells within the body. While originally intended to reduce the appearance of a double chin, Kybella can also be used to reduce fat throughout other areas of the body.
Kybella is a synthesized version of deoxycholic acid, a chemical that is naturally occurring in the body and plays a role in the absorption of dietary fats. Kybella is injected into the treatment area under the chin and works to destroy fat cells. Once damaged, those fat cells can no longer store or accumulate fat, and are cleared away by your body’s natural processes. 1,2
Kybella Quick Facts
- An injectable procedure that dissolves fat cells (mesotherapy)
- Can only be used in small areas and in limited amounts per treatment
- Administered by physicians only
- Permanent results that develop over a few months
Most Common Uses To Achieve Results With Kybella
As you recover from Kybella treatment, you may experience some initial swelling as your fat cells are broken down. Once this subsides, you should see reduced fullness in the treatment area. Patients require at least two sessions of Kybella injections before they see their goal results, and more treatment sessions may be necessary.
Kybella For Jowls
Jowls tend to be caused by a combination of fat pads in the cheeks decreasing with age and fat pads losing their attachment points and sinking down the face (which then weigh on the skin worsening) loose, sagging skin along the jawline. For each person, each of these 3 factors is in different proportion. Kybella treats the fat that’s in the jowl, and this allows the skin to “bounce back” a little bit.
But you can also understand why for many patients, Kybella alone is not going to be a complete transformation for their jowls, if some of the issues are fat missing from the cheeks and significant loose skin along the jawline. In these cases, we most often use dermal fillers in the cheeks, chin, or jawline in addition to Kybella, and sometimes we add in a skin tightening treatment, like Sofwave, or a lifting threads treatment.
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- Recovery & Downtime: 2 weeks of swelling & possible bruising
- Numbing: Lidocaine numbing mixed into kybella product
- Best For: Jowls that are heavy with fat and need a little skin retraction
- Cost Per Vial: $900 per vial
- Treatment Protocol: Typically 1-2 vials per treatment, 3 treatments spaced 4 weeks apart
- Typical Cost of Kybella for Jowls: $2700 – $5400, financing available
Kybella For Double Chin
A double chin can make you look older and heavier than you are. Often caused more by genetics or aging than the lifestyle you lead, it can be nearly impossible to target neck fat with diet or exercise. Kybella is FDA-approved to treat submental fullness, also known as double chin, with a series of injections that dissolve excess fat.
Kybella was originally intended as a treatment for submental fullness, commonly called a “double chin.” Even if you are at a healthy weight otherwise, many people struggle with a double chin. Kybella can be injected below the chin to reduce the appearance of a double chin.
- Recovery & Downtime: 2 weeks of swelling & possible bruising
- Numbing: Lidocaine numbing mixed into kybella product
- Best For: Jowls that are heavy with fat and need a little skin retraction
- Cost Per Vial: $900 per vial
- Treatment Protocol: Typically 1-2 vials per treatment, 3 treatments spaced 4 weeks apart
- Typical Cost of Kybella for Jowls: $2700 – $5400, financing available
Kybella For Armpit Fat
Armpit fat can be frustrating, limiting the styles of shirts or dresses that a patient feels comfortable in. Kybella can be used to spot-reduce these areas of excess fat.
Stubborn areas of fat are common in many areas of the body, no matter how active or healthy you are. Some patients simply have a genetic tendency to store fat in areas that leave them feeling self-conscious. In many cases, Kybella is a suitable solution to spot-reduce fat throughout the body.
- Recovery & Downtime: 2 weeks of swelling & possible bruising
- Numbing: Lidocaine numbing mixed into kybella product
- Best For: Jowls that are heavy with fat and need a little skin retraction
- Cost Per Vial: $900 per vial
- Treatment Protocol: Typically 1-2 vials per treatment, 3 treatments spaced 4 weeks apart
- Typical Cost of Kybella for Jowls: $2700 – $5400, financing available
Kybella For Banana Roll
A “banana roll” is a common term for a roll of fat below the buttocks, causing a look of sagging or poorly defined buttocks and thighs. This can affect people who are otherwise at a healthy weight overall. Treatment options for this area can also be limiting, as it’s typically not an area targeted through liposuction techniques. Kybella can be used as a solution for a banana roll. It’s a simple area for Kybella to treat. Injections can be placed on each side, taking only a few minutes to administer. Fat will dissolve with each session, slowly over time.
- Recovery & Downtime: 2 weeks of swelling & possible bruising
- Numbing: Lidocaine numbing mixed into kybella product
- Best For: Jowls that are heavy with fat and need a little skin retraction
- Cost Per Vial: $900 per vial
- Treatment Protocol: Typically 1-2 vials per treatment, 3 treatments spaced 4 weeks apart
- Typical Cost of Kybella for Jowls: $2700 – $5400, financing available
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More Before & AftersWhy Choose Reflections Center For Kybella Injections?
Like with all injectables, there is an art to providing the best results with Kybella. Our expert physician injectors were hand-selected by Kythera, the creators of Kybella, to be some of the very first to receive training on this product because of their reputation as leaders in this field. Reflections is proud to be able to offer Kybella, as well as a wide variety of other cutting-edge procedures, to our patients in New Jersey.
At Reflections, we focus only on creating the best cosmetic results for each patient. To that end, we offer the widest array of effective treatments, administered by the most skilled and experienced cosmetic physicians. We’d love to invite you in for a complimentary consultation with one of our doctors, so we can discuss if Kybella is right for you.
Our goal at Reflections is to help each patient look and feel like their very best self. With Kybella, you will experience a renewed sense of self-confidence and be transformed, inside and out.
Schedule Your Consultation Today
The team at Reflections Center, located in Martinsville and Bridgewater Township, New Jersey is ready to assist you with all of your questions and concerns that Kybella can address. Reach out today to schedule a consultation online or give our office a call if you’re an existing patient.
Frequently Asked Questions
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