This is one of our favourite procedures. With specialized training in oral surgery Dr. Andrew Mather is always excited to create a beautiful framework for your smile in enhancing your lips with filler and fat transfer. However, one of the key features for attractive, feminine, youthful lips is tooth show.
Your upper lip should not extend down enough to cover your upper teeth – seeing these upper teeth when your mouth is at rest is a very powerful signal of beauty.
Lip lift procedures is the missing element for many people between looking good and looking great.
Why Do You Need Upper Lip Lift Surgery?
Upper lip lift surgery is a lip augmentation procedure that can provide long-term results and avoid the need for lip implants and lip injections. As we age, our lips lose their fullness, which makes them appear older. Lips descend because of loss of support.
This distance between the tip of the nose and the upper lip gets longer over time and reduces the amount of tooth show below which gives us a over aged and toothless appearance. Some patients are born with naturally thin lips with a long upper white lip and thin red lips. Whether young or old, lip lift surgery creates permanent results and avoids the need for excessive lip augmentation cost with repeat lip filler injections.
The Lip Lift Procedure
The lip lift procedure targets only the upper lip, elevating it to reveal a broader smile. This procedure exposes more of the upper teeth at rest that tends to be covered as we age.
It increases both the volume of the upper lip and for those with a very thin upper lip, it can bring it to a better aesthetic proportion with the lower lip. During this procedure, an incision just beneath your nose removing a tiny strip of skin and tissue is removed, the muscle tightened, and the upper lip is raised to its new position.
With this lip lift, your scar is virtually undetectable. The procedure takes about 45 minutes and the recovery time is quick about 5 to 7 days. Lip lift cost can be less than other lip surgery because it can be done under local anesthesia or intravenous sedation if you are nervous about the process.
