Mama June lost a dramatic 150 pounds, but the fat around her neck did not disappear. The "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" star underwent surgery to remove her double chin dubbed "turkey neck" or "gobble gobble" by her children.
Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Sheila Nazarian performed June Shannon's procedure, which she had filmed for "Inside Edition." Nazarian used a new procedure called "cool sculpting" that freezes the fat away.
The surgeon used the same procedure on her stomach to shape her abdomen. Shannon admitted she was "feeling the nerves" before the doctor started.
Nazarian first marked the areas that needed to be reduced. She then applied a numbing cream to Shannon's neck and applied a device that pulls gently under the chin to kill the fat by freezing.
"Fat freezes at a higher temperature than skin or blood vessels or nerves so this technology gets the temperature down just far [enough] so that the fat dies but nothing else is affected," the surgeon explained.
Following the procedure, Shannon had to stay still for an hour. She would not see results for another eight weeks.
Shannon currently stars on WeTV's "Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars" with her ex Sugar Bear. The couple split in September.
