Neck Liposuction

Before choosing a surgeon for your neck liposuction, ask yourself these three key questions: 1) Technique, 2) Experience, 3) Leadership in the field.

1. Technique: Will your surgeon know whether liposuction alone is enough?

Neck liposuction is an excellent choice for patients with stubborn submental fat (the fat under the chin), youthful skin elasticity and a well-balanced chin. Most surgeons use traditional "closed" liposuction, passing a cannula (a thin metal wand) under the skin and removing the fat mostly by feel, not direct vision. Steven Mobley, MD, offers both traditional liposuction and his more advanced signature "open" liposuction, where he can directly see the fat he is removing for increased accuracy. Using special retractors he invented and LED fiber-optic lighting, he precisely sculpts your fat away to reveal the natural definition between your chin and neck, all through a small incision under the chin that is usually very hard to see after healing. Dr. Mobley believes neck liposuction is also more precise and predictable than fat-dissolving injections such as Kybella, with one treatment instead of several.

Just as important, Dr. Mobley takes the time to look at your whole neck and jawline. When the neck muscle has started to loosen, or the chin is a little weak, liposuction alone may not give you the result you want. If needed, Dr. Mobley will recommend his signature 3D Neck® procedure, which adds neck muscle tightening (platysmaplasty) and, often, a custom-carved chin implant.

2. Experience: How many neck liposuction procedures has your surgeon performed?

Steven Mobley, MD, has performed well over 1,000 neck liposuction procedures across his career, both on its own and as part of other face and neck procedures. No other surgeon in Utah brings the experience that Dr. Mobley does to helping give you your best possible neck and jawline. The ideal candidates are typically between the ages of 20 and 40, with good skin elasticity. Neck liposuction often works best for patients near their ideal body weight, but it can also be an excellent choice for people who carry a double chin no matter how much they diet and exercise. Readers of The Park Record voted him Park City's Best for 10 years, he has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, and he has been featured on Inside Edition, Good Morning America, People and Cosmopolitan.

Most patients of Steven Mobley, MD, choose a gentle IV sedation at Millcreek Surgical Suite in Salt Lake City, an AAAASF-accredited surgical suite, so they are comfortable and pleasantly unaware throughout the entire procedure. For patients who would like to keep costs lower, local anesthesia with an oral sedative in the office is also a very reasonable choice. Dr. Mobley will walk you through both options and help you decide what is best for you during your consultation.

3. Leadership in the field: Has your surgeon been invited to national meetings to teach other Facial Plastic Surgeons?

Steven Mobley, MD, has been invited to teach his neck and jawline techniques, including neck liposuction, to fellow surgeons more than 12 times over more than a decade at national and international meetings, including the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery meeting in Miami. At the 2026 annual meeting of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, he presented "Achieving a 'Snatched' Jawline: Reliable Platysmaplasty in the Center Neck." His patent-pending inventions, the Mobley Platysma Clamp, a neck retractor and the Mobley Chin Implant, were all designed for neck and jawline surgery. Across his career, he has delivered more than 85 lectures and authored more than 50 published works.

Dr. Mobley spent 11 years as full-time faculty at the University of Utah School of Medicine, earning tenure as Associate Professor of Surgery and serving as Head of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Residency Program Director. He has been invited to lecture at seven academic medical centers in the United States and Germany, including the University of Miami.

Dr. Mobley and the Mobley MD practice have a long history of giving back, most of it close to home: more than $100,000 in charitable surgery and donations, including free ear pinning surgery for bullied school-age children (K–12) whose families could not otherwise afford it, more than a decade of support for Utah foster youth through Raise the Future, and police and veterans charities such as Folds of Honor and Tunnel to Towers.