The concept of performing a rhinoplasty and lip lift at the same time is mildly controversial. Many surgeons will do it, but as a general rule, I do not and I’ll very carefully tell you the reason why not. Rhinoplasty involves some combination of incisions at the base of the nose. A lip lift, a …
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Filler can be used to temporarily lift the corners of a downturned mouth by providing support to the lip corners. If there is also sagging of the skin in that area, a better way to accomplish this is through a surgical procedure called a corner lip lift where we make an incision at the corners …
A lip lift does leave a scar, but it’s typically undetectable after a few weeks. Upper lip lifts are done with an external incision that is placed either on the lip under the nose or rarely it can be placed directly above the lip line. My preferred method is to place the incision under the …
Patients often ask me, can I get a lower lip lift? The answer is: Yes. A lower lip lift, in general, is done by excising skin with the idea that we’re going to change the contours of the lip. While not as common as an upper lip lift, a lower lip lift can help patients …
A bullhorn lip lift describes the shape of the incision that we’re going to make when we do a central lip lift. I actually don’t like this term. I like to call this is a sub-nasal lip lift. Sub-nasal means that the incision is in the crease immediately beneath the nose. The reason we make …
A lot of my patients ask, can I get a corner lip lift? I’m going to tell you right at the beginning, I’m not in favor of this procedure for the most part. I’m going to tell you why I’m not, and also, what small subset of the population I would do a corner lip …
The goal of plastic surgery, and any cosmetic procedure in general, is to enhance the individual beauty of the client while making results look natural. If there is one area where practitioners routinely fail at this, it’s the lips. We’ve all seen celebrities with cringe-worthy “duck lips” that are so overdone, they become all we …