A mum spent £2,000 on surgery to remove her double chin, transforming it from “droopy to ravenous” in just a few hours.
Angela Hutchinson, from Central Coast, New South Wales, struggled with her double chin since she was a teenager.
The 33-year-old lost 8lb to get down to 12st 2lb, but was “disheartened” to discover her chin hadn’t moved.
Angela decided to undergo chin liposuction, where fat is removed from the chin using a cannula, after seeing a TikTok influencer talking about her experience.
The mother-of-four traveled two hours to have it done in Sydney and spent £2,085 on the procedure.
Angela Hutchinson, from Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, underwent the procedure after struggling with her chin since she was a teenager. Above: left, before surgery, right, after surgery
Angela says she no longer feels the need to hide from the camera. Above: left, before surgery, right, after surgery
After the operation, Angela said she feels better than ever and says it’s like having a “permanent filter.”
The salon owner said: “When I booked my lipo, I burst into tears because I’ve been wanting to get it done for a long time and the results are amazing.”
‘The recovery time has been very fast: I had a very serious bruise but it disappeared in six days.
“When I compare my before and after photos, I feel ecstatic; I no longer feel the need to hide from the camera.”
Liposuction is a cosmetic procedure used to remove unwanted body fat and involves suctioning out small areas of fat that can be difficult to lose through diet and exercise, according to the NHS.
Angela decided to start losing weight in January 2023, after a traumatic 2022 forced her to turn to snacks for comfort.
Her youngest son, Cian, three, was suffering unexplained seizures and she says he coped with comfort eating.
But on January 1, 2023, she made a New Year’s resolution to lose a stone, after Cian recovered.
She said: ‘I had gained 15kg in a year because my son, Cian, was having seizures.
‘It was very fast because I was stress eating all the time. “I decided to do something about it because 15kg is a lot.”
Angela decided to start losing weight in January 2023, after a traumatic 2022 forced her to turn to snacks for comfort. Above: Angela before surgery, pulling the skin around her jaw.
Since then, Angela has been on a calorie deficit and goes to the gym five days a week, spending an hour there doing cardio each time.
He lost 5 pounds in 15 months and felt “great,” but couldn’t help but notice that he wasn’t losing his double chin.
Angela said: ‘I lost 10kg but somehow nothing on my chin. I was becoming very self-conscious.
‘If someone took a candid photo of me, it would be the first thing I would notice. I’d say, ‘wow.’ “I felt very discouraged, even though I was losing weight everywhere else.”
After watching a video of herself at 15 and realizing she still had a double chin, she realized it was genetic and would only get worse with age.
Angela said: ‘I even had it in 2005 when I was a teenager. Remembering when she was young, she still had it, so she knew there was no way around it.
“It’s been getting worse little by little, and it was never going to get better naturally.”
Angela lost 5 pounds in 15 months and felt “great,” but she couldn’t lose her double chin. Above: left, after surgery, right, before surgery
In the photo, the mother of four is undergoing surgery on her chin and now feels confident about taking photos of her.
Angela started searching for chin liposuction on TikTok and found a Sydney-based influencer showing off her results.
He looked into it and decided to do “this for myself.”
After paying a £229 deposit, she had a consultation and blood test in March before booking her consultation for the following month.
Angela went in for her chin liposuction on April 16 and was awake for the procedure, but she was given local anesthesia to completely numb her face.
His doctor took fat from three points on his face: two behind each ear and one across his chin.
“My doctor went through the entry points with a cannula,” he said. “So it was less invasive and I was really surprised at how good it was.” She couldn’t feel anything.
She saw another online influencer talk about undergoing chin liposuction, which prompted her to undergo the procedure. Above: left, before surgery, just after surgery
She was given a chin strap and headband to wear for three days after the facelift and told to take it easy.
Angela said: ‘I feel like it healed very quickly. All the bruises disappeared after six days, even though the bruises were quite bad.
“Obviously I get bloated from time to time, but it’s almost all over now.
‘I have been advised to be very careful about weight gain over the next three years.
“You have to continue actively trying to lose weight for three years after the procedure before moving on to maintenance, otherwise it will come back.”
Now, Angela isn’t worried about candid photos and loves how she looks from every angle.
He added: “The other day we celebrated Anzac Day in Australia and they took a lot of pictures of me.”
“They just ripped out my jawline; it looks like I have a permanent filter.”
‘The results have been crazy. I am very very happy”.
