I have a tube of skin beneath my chin

Getcher minds out of the gutter! The last time I was so shocked by my reflection was in college at age 19, when I realized that my hair was receding! So, I go to the barber this afternoon, ask for a trim, including my beard. Even when it's been cut in the form of a goatee, my beard has always been rather full. This time, the barber cleared the underbrush, leaving my neck bare, a patch of skin which hasn't seen the light of day for more than 25 years. I'm not sure what I would have seen 8 months ago when I weighed 315 lbs., but I wasn't prepared for the big reveal when the barber thrust a mirror in my face for my approval. I couldn't even describe what I saw as a "double chin", because I have a tube of skin hanging perpendicularly from my adam's apple to my chin!  I guess it's a turkey wattle. And I always used to think that I was devoid of vanity (when you're big, that isn't difficult.) Oh well, new feature: it's time to get used to it. A nice welcome to my 50's! /Steve Wikipedia: wattle: A wattle is a fleshy dewlap or caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, goats and other animals, including humans.

Steve, Be glad you've only got one tube o'skin. I have enough chins so that now I not only laugh at my own jokes, my jiggling chins applaud them. (That's not all they applaud, either.) Post-op I shaved my beard entirely—after 30+ years— so I know how unsettling it can be to see the old, dewlapped guy in the mirror for the first time. I've kept a 'stache to hide my Howdy-Doody puppet lines. As for getting used to our new looks, I'm still confused when I catch the reflection of a little, old dewlapped puppet in a store window and realize, hey, wait, that's me! Better than my old round look: a cranberry sitting on a grapefruit—with a beard of course to look "thinner"!

Don't feel bad, I'm 35 and have a turkey wattle....i'll have to have it removed surgically (chin lift)....since it makes me appear at least 10 years older then I am....oh well just another surgery to add to my list...lol. Scott

Remember Scottie.... if you get any younger looking, you are not goona be able to get in the ***** bar

That is the one area of my new look I can't stand.  The worst thing is I am now playing with that thing constantly!!  I may get PS on it.  The thing is with staph everywhere, do I want to put my life on the line for alittle vanity??  Part of the aging process.  Brian

You already know how to hide it--just grow the beard back.

 Interesting, but I'm curious to see how they could do that as an "in office procedure" ..  I know I'd want to be fully out (i.e. general anesthesia) if they're going to be cutting up and stitching the front of my throat area ...  !

 phew ..  I knew it wasn't gpnna be naughty when you said it was below your chin ..    &:-x)   I guess it's the "gentleman's priviledge" (the "Poor Man's PS"?) that we can always grow a beard to cover up our wattles ...    &:-D)    

Talk about not recognizing yourself. I haven't shaved for the last week or so. Mainly out of laziness and as a small demonstration of contempt for my boss. I'm not trying to start a new look or anything. I was walking by the trophy case at my daughter's HS and took a sideways glimpse into the reflection in the glass just to see if I was cutting as dashing of a profile as I felt like I was. I swear to God, I thought I saw Kenny Rogers. White hair, scraggly-assed beard and............I'll be damned if there wasn't a fairly flat looking belly on that ol' fartknocker in the mirror looking back at me.