Since ancient times beautiful lips have been associated with youth and beauty. The shape of the lips changes with age, this change results of 3 main causes. First of all; fat loss that occurs in the lips similar to any other area in our face. Furthermore, natural bone resorption that happens with age and that affects the underlying support of the lips and finally teeth changes with age.
Although most of women who come to see us ask for lip augmentation. To me; the concept of lip beautification doesn’t always mean augmentation. Lip beautification consists of correcting asymmetry, treating lines or simply replacing the fat loss that occurred throughout the years.
While there is no unified technique to obtain the perfect lips, there are few things to take into consideration when deciding to do lip beautification procedure.
When beautifying lips, we should take into consideration face proportions (proportion of the upper, middle and lower thirds of the face), size of the lip compared to the size of the lower third of the face, size of the upper lip compared to the lower lip (which should be 1:1.6), and last but not least; the projection of both the nose and the chin.
Some factors affect the outcome of the lip beautification procedure. Such as the shape and anatomy of the lips, the injection technique that is used by the doctor and the brand and the amount of the filler that is used.
One thing we should always keep in mind; lip beautification aims to enhance the natural beauty of the lips. This procedure doesn’t always consist of making the lips bigger, rather than making them more attractive and younger looking.
