Lip Augmentation

Our lips change shape and volume with the years. The science offers solutions in this regard also, thus today shiny voluminous lips are currently classy, which represent a sign of full youth and health. Lip augmentation, called also augmentation keiloplasty is a procedure that could be surgical or not, that increases their volume. There are also other procedures for margin reshaping such as lip lifting. This practice uses an extremely varied range of products, permanently or temporarily injectable, lip implants, or even the use of own fat.
For lip augmentation synthetic or biological products are used or own tissues sampled and reinserted surgically.

The "ideal" injectable product must be soft, foldable and permanent, it should not cause complications to any patient. At the present time this is not possible. All doctors around the world obtain remarkable results using the products existing on the current market. Last researches allow us to have more confidence in the injectable products of temporary effect. In this case there are no significant adverse effects and the most recent products show increased purity.

In time the reduction of the effect until disappearance is a good thing after all if you think that fashion evolves extremely fast. Massive weight variations change proportions between various face segments. In case of a permanent implant this unaesthetic look cannot be easily corrected.

Frequently asked questions

What means injectable product?

The manufacturers make available to the users volume replacement products encapsulated in private throwaway syringes. This product is a gel obtained synthetically or biologically, based on collagen, hyaluronic acid, etc. (Collagen, Restylane, Perlane, Hylaform, Juvederm, Teosyal, etc.

Who benefits of this procedure?

Persons having small lips, without volume, asymmetric, who need reconstruction, "fallen" lips, color differences, deep wrinkles due to the age, to smoking, etc.

Is it a painful procedure?

The pain depends on both, the procedure and the product. The implants cannot be inserted without local or regional anesthesia. Injectable products don't usually require a surgical team, a surgery room or general anesthesia. Soft sedatives could also be orally administered.

Which are the risks and complications of the procedure?

There are not too many if we compare this procedure to other treatment procedures. However these are enough to be considered and to try to avoid them. These depend on the type of product used. In case of permanent implants the infection and the irritation might occur if the margins of the implant are too big for the cavity or are not rounded. In this case these must be taken out.

Some adverse effects might occur caused by the implant or by the production of a scar tissue in excess, following an infection or to the occurrence of a rejection reaction of the body. There could also occur some chromatopathies determined by bruises or hematoma. Temporary or semi-temporary injectable products don't have side effects.

Which are the contraindications of lip augmentation?

The persons showing the following antecedents are not eligible for this procedure:

accutane used for 6 months before or after;
this drug could increase the probability of keloid occurrence;
collagen disturbances, scarring process disturbances, connection tissue disturbances;
systemic lupus;
acute diseases;
diabetes;
blood coagulation issues;
excessive oral plate, dental abscesses, oral herpes.

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

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