The lips play a central role in enhancing facial beauty and attractiveness. Across cultures, full lips are considered to be an attractive feature and universally desired.
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Natural Lip Augmentation
Anthropologic studies suggest that the presence of full lips is suggestive of youth, sexuality, fertility, and overall attractiveness. Given the cross cultural favorability of fuller lips, it is no wonder women and men of all ages desire to have this feature. This can now be achieved through our lip augmentation in San Diego.
Who are the Candidates
There are two basic categories for lip augmentation:
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These patients are typically in their 20s and 30s and are motivated to enhance their lips by creating fuller, sexier, and more pouty lips.
Lip Rejuvenation
This group of patients are typically in their 40s and beyond and have noticed that their lips are thinner than before and they are seeing a loss of the border between the red lip and white (called the vermillion border). Additionally, there may be fine lines beginning to form in the upper lip. This often causes lipstick to bleed into these lines as a result of both of these changes. The goal here is to restore the contours and shape of their youthful lips.
The steps and techniques are different when treating each of these groups, however, the basic principles are the same when creating a natural looking lip.
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Lip Rejuvenation
Injectable Treatments
The Principles to Creating Natural Lip Augmentation
The principles are simple:
- Do not over-fill.
- Respect the unique nature and anatomy of each lip.
- Use aesthetic judgment and artistry to create an attractive lip that enhances their beauty.
Be meticulous and obsessive to achieve symmetry and balance.
Be very discriminating about what you inject into the lips (don’t experiment with new products or technologies).
Complications
Like everything we do in medicine and surgery, there are potential complications. In the case of lip augmentation in San Diego, most of the products I mention are safely injected without intrinsic problems. However, as a result of poor technique, lack of experience, and an overall lack of knowledge of what a naturally full lip looks like, the poor cosmetic result that may occur as a result can be difficult for some patients. Many of our impressions of what cosmetic lip augmentation looks like are not favorable. However, it is important to note that poor or unnatural results occur because of the individual injecting the lip and not simply because the lips were injected.
This is why it is important to be selective about who injects your lips. As a National Trainer and Lecturer for Allergan (makers of Juvederm, Botox, and Latisse), I have personally trained dozens of nurses and physicians throughout San Diego on proper and aesthetically sound injection methods. Another concerning trend is toward injecting permanent products that are not FDA approved. Unfortunately, patients often get these products placed in foreign countries like Mexico or South America. To correct some of these problems, the patients then require a lip reduction. This requires surgical removal of the permanent and often over-filled product in order to return the lip to a more balanced and natural appearance.
