Lip Implant

Lip enhancement

Lip enhancement procedures can add fullness to thin lips, reduce a long upper lip, and decrease wrinkles around the mouth to improve the appearance of your lips. As we age, lips can lose volume like many other areas in the face, causing less projection and red lip visibility. The skin of the lip area may lose elasticity and descend over time changing the contour and length of the upper lip area. Some patients are bothered by an excessive vertical length to the upper lip that may have occurred over time with age or has always been present. A long upper lip can limit the amount of teeth show with a relaxed mouth opening and smiling. There are different surgical and nonsurgical options to improve the volume in the lip, excessive wrinkling, and a long upper lip.

Understand your Lips

Lips can be many different shapes and sizes. The key to a beautiful lip enhancement procedure is to maintain appropriate contour and balance between the upper and lower lips and with the rest of the facial features. The lips can be divided into several different areas that can be addressed with surgical and non-surgical procedures.

Youthful and Attractive lips

• Defined cupid’s bow and vermillion border

• Smooth upper lip skin that is typically less than 2 cm from the base of the nose

• Slight upturn at the oral commissures

• Red lips are full with the lower lip fuller than the upper lip

• Subtle amount of teeth show with a relaxed mouth

The goal of lip enhancement procedures is to enhance the features of the lip that make them beautiful and youthful.