Lip augmentation

Lip increase (lip augmentation) could be performed with thehelp of various products.

Their diversity is so high that it is almostimpossible to mention each and every product addressed to lip increase. What itis though important to specify is that some products show an increased level ofadverse reactions, risks which if the patient assumes, the doctor who willperform the surgery will also assume.

However, there is a preference almost unanimously acceptedin the world of plastic surgeon, that hyaluronic acid products are missingrisks the most and, thus, are also the most used for lip augmentation.
Lip increase could also occur by using own fat through microlipofilling.

The fat is sampled from other areas of the body where it isin excess and is transplanted at the lip level. Other options for lip increase are the surgical onesconsisting of the excision and suture on insertion line between the red of thelip and the normal skin. At this level a post surgical scar will be lessvisible.

Moreover the resulting white scar will determine a betterdelineation of the lips assigning them a particular shine.

This practice isapplicable to selected patients who show a higher than normal distance between the nose and the lips.

Another option for lip increase is the procedure of “advanceflaps” meaning inside the mouth, at the level of the oral vestibule, andconsists of incising few advance flaps with the help of which the lip red isbrought and increased from inside to outside. Hence the lips get bigger.

This procedure is applicable to some selected cases, where the distance between thenose and the lips is not too big.

Frequently asked questions

Is the surgical result permanent?

The result of the surgical procedures for lip increase ispermanent. It would be ideal that any surgical procedure addressed to lipincrease is followed by a practice of hyaluronic acid or fat injection in suchway to obtain volume increase as well.

Is this a painful procedure?

The surgical procedure is performed with general or localanesthesia. Inside the mouth or on the lip margin few wires are fixed, to betaken out after few days.

The post surgical scar is not disturbing but it mustbe kept away from UV exposure.

What risks are involved by lip surgeries?

The risks are the same as those of any surgery. Local risksare very few and include local bleeding and hematoma.

Following suture material removal the patient is instructedto use scar reshaping creams for more than one month. The final result of thesurgery occurs after 6 months when the scar becomes permanent.

Which are the contraindications of the surgical proceduresfor lip increase?

The contraindications include serious blood diseases,serious dermatological diseases or contagious diseases, sugar diabetes, seriousinfections in the oral and dental region.

The patients who are recommended andapplied these surgeries must be carefully selected to obtain the best results.

Which are the recommendations of the lip increase surgeries?

The method of excision and suture of lip margins applies ingeneral to persons (women or men) with extremely small lips that showsufficient integument in excess at the perioral area level.

The practice of advance flaps applies to small lip personswho lack too much tegument in excess in the perioral area, which means that theclearance between the lips and the nose and, respectively, the clearancebetween the lips and the mentor, are much smaller than the normal size.

Sometimes these two practices could be associated to obtainthe best results.

Although the treatment is very efficient, 1% of the patients do not obtain the results they want!

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