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The Role Of Excisional Lifts in Lip Enhancement

  The lips, like the eyes and the nose, are central facial features that are also quite visible in facial expressions. Their size and shape determine their degree of attractiveness and contemporary pleasing lips are known to be full and have a well defined cupid’s bow. As the lips age numerous changes can take place Read More…

Case Study: Lip Advancements for Older Thin Lips

  Background:  The mouth is an important aesthetic facial feature of a woman. The main feature of a pleasing mouth area is adequate lip size. Lips that are full and plump are associated with youth and increased sexuality. Some women are born with naturally full lips that last their entire lifetime. Others are born with Read More…

Nips and Tucks for the Aging Mouth

  The mouth area is not spared as the rest of the face ages. Most women focus on changes in the neck and jowls as well as around the eyes. And while there are some well known procedures that make great improvements in these facial areas (facelift, blepharoplasty), how to improve the mouth area is Read More…

Common Questions about Lip Augmentation and Lip Lifts

1.      What is the difference between lip enhancement and lip augmentation? Most people, including plastic surgeons, often use these lip terms interchangeably. While one could argue no matter what you call it, the idea is to make the lip look better… which usually means fuller. However, there are some subtle differences between lip augmentation and Read More…

Case Study: Lip Advancement for Permanent Lip Augmentation

  Background: Lip augmentation continues to be a very popular non-surgical facial enhancement procedure. It is done in almost every case with some form of injectable filler. But fillers do not work well in very thin lips and some patients do tire of repeated injection sessions as fillers last only a limited amount of time.. Case Study:This is an Read More…

Upper Lip Aging – Anatomic Analysis and Rejuvenation Strategies

  Rejuvenation of the upper lip is a commonly requested and performed procedure. There are numerous strategies for treating an aged upper lip and one of the basic approaches is to add volume. Usually through injectable fillers, volume is added to create a more protruding and pouty lip. This is based on the fundamental belief Read More…

Vermilion Advancements for Fuller Lips

  The desire for larger lips is commonplace in today’s society. Larger fuller lips (like a strong chin or jaw line in a man) casts an image of desirous femininity. While some ethnic groups have naturally fuller lips, many Caucasian women of northern European and English descent are not so blessed. The upper lip is Read More…

Lip Advancements and Lip Lifts for Lip Enhancement

Lip augmentation, making the lip bigger, is most commonly and successfully done with injectable fillers. Regardless of the injectable filler used, its instantaneous result is very satisfying in most cases. The use of injectable fillers in the lip, however, is predicated on one important concept…that there is enough vermilion (pink part of the lip ) Read More…

The Natural Lip Augmentation Result

  The upper and lower lips are one of the five main facial features that makes up and helps define the most recognizeable central third of the face. In today’s society, full lips are viewed as healthy and sensual, thin or wrinkled lips cast the opposite image. While the lips are paired, they are not Read More…

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