Lip Rejuvenation

FOCUSING ON

• Vertical wrinkle lines of the upper and lower lips.
• Flat, sagging, wrinkled appearance of the lips and loss of fullness.
• Loss of appearance of the pink portion of the lips.
• Loss of the natural roll or pucker between the skin and pink portion of the lip referred to as the vermilion border or Cupid’s bow.
• Constant comments about having a sad or depressed look, especially around the mouth.
• A long upper lip is treated by a lip lift procedure and a small lip is treated by lip enlargement.
• Desire for a softened, delicate, happy mouth and lip appearance.

THE PROCEDURE

• Anesthesia is usually local but can be can be general and the procedure takes 15-30 minutes.
• The approach to wrinkle treatment here is usually three pro
• ged. Wrinkles can be reduced by smoothing the skin from laser, dermabrasion, or peels. This may be treated alone.
• The second arm of treatment is usually the most preferred by most patients. This consists of injection therapy and using some product to fill the wrinkles. For this purpose, I use your own fat, collagen and new products called Perlane, Restylene, and a permanent filler called Artecoll.
• The third arm of treatment is done with either a central lip lift, corner lip lift or both.
• These products can also be used along with other lip enlargement procedures to increase the size of the lips.
• Any of these can be done very conservatively and in stages to give a soft but natural result.
• This can be combined with other plastic surgical procedures.

THE RECOVERY

• You can go home right away.
• You can shower and use make up on the day of surgery.
• No pain.
• Rare bruising.
• Swelling is very mild and peaks at one day then disappears.
• No time off work.

THE RESULT

• Very natural result with a happy and softened appearance to the lip that is very natural.
• A softened and beautiful balance to compliment your other facial features, surgeries and proportions.
• The longevity depends on your anatomy and the procedure but this can be permanent.

For before and after images of this procedure click here

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