What is lip augmentation?
Lip augmentation is the process of enhancing your lips by enlarging them through filling injections. Lip fillers are temporary and are therefore a short-term commitment.
For some patients, it’s about enhancing the lips they were born with, for other patients lip augmentation is about restoring the lips they had. With age, we lose collagen and fat and our lips get thinner. Lip fillers can rewind the hands of time and restore the lost look.
When is a lip augmentation recommended?
A lip augmentation procedure is recommended for any man or woman who is unhappy with the size or shape of their lips. Through fillers, lips can be contoured subtly to enhance a cupid’s bow for example, or enhanced significantly by achieving a dramatically larger size depending on the preferences of the patient.
To learn more about lip augmentation and what it can do for you, contact us to schedule a consultation!
What are the different types of fillers?
Fat
Our surgeons like doing fat grafting to the face during a face lift/brow lift. It is a permanent solution to volume deficits. But it is always a surgical option (liposuction requires anesthesia).
Hyaluronic acid
Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance with amazing properties including anti-aging and hydration. When it is found in nature, hyaluronic acid holds and replenishes moisture. This substance is the most popular and widely used injectable enhancement because it performs outstandingly well and is accepted by the body very easily. Several name-brand injectables such as Juvederm and Restylane contain this substance.
How long do injectable lip fillers last?
The effect of your fillers will last for 3-18 months depending on the type of injection you receive. The effect of hyaluronic acid injections lasts 6-18 months depending on the brand that you receive; Restylane and Juvederm injections last for an average of 6 months, Volbella lasts for 12 months, and Vollure lasts for up to 18 months.
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