The boom on plump lips has not subsided for several years. The example of Kylie Jenner, Angelina Jolie and other stars has caused a wave of imitation around the world. Thanks to fashion, manufacturers of drugs that are developed specifically for lip contouring have become solidly enriched.
True, history knows many cases when the effect of fillers did not meet expectations. Suffice it to recall Masha Malinovskaya, Lara Flynn Boyle or Lindsay Lohan. And on the street there are enough girls with so-called duck lips. What can you do to get an aesthetically pleasing option in the end? Let's figure it out together with the experts.
Don't imitate celebrities
Angelina Jolie and Kylie Jenner have well made lips, they are proportional to the faces of the stars. But it's not a fact that the same shape will suit you. Therefore, you do not need to tearfully beg the doctor to make you look like this or that star and show a celebrity photo before the procedure. You won't get an identical option anyway. The doctor will take into account the parameters of your face, where Angelina's lips may simply not fit.
Make lips according to indications
In certain cases, it is possible and even necessary to enlarge the lips. For example, with a disproportion of the upper and lower lips (that is, when one of them is noticeably larger than the other), with a blurred contour, with a loss of lip volume (it disappears with age), with purse-string wrinkles.
Do not insist on your own if the doctor is against
In addition to general contraindications (pregnancy, autoimmune and oncological diseases, diabetes mellitus, herpes and some others), there are a number of cases when the lips cannot be enlarged due to the peculiarities of the anatomy. It is better to trust an expert than to observe a distorted face in the mirror.
Expert opinion
- Lip augmentation is not worth it if the upper lip has a short skin part (that is, the upper lip is close to the nose): after the filler is injected, you will get a lip right under the nose. Also, you should not enlarge your lips with a very small chin - there is a risk that after contouring it will be closed by the lower lip.
Anna Borzenkova, cosmetologist of the center of medical cosmetology "Petrovka Beauty"
Do not enlarge your lips if you have previously introduced a permanent filler (biopolymer). After a filler based on hyaluronic acid, you can go for a correction no earlier than 6-9 months.
Choose options
There are several ways you can get sensual lips. This is still popular cheiloplasty (lips are enlarged surgically with implants), lipofilling (injections of your own fat into the lips). True, in the latter case, there is a minus: fat cells can only partially take root or quickly dissolve (nevertheless, their own tissue). Another option is to establish mesothreads, but due to the fact that the zone is dynamic, they can shift. And the most popular procedure is contour plasty, when the lips are enlarged using filler injections.
Expert opinion
- The most popular lip correcting products are Juvederm Ultra Smile, Juderem Ultra 3 and Surgiderm. They have long won success in the injection cosmetology industry, are perfect for uniform filling of voids in the dermis and retain volume in tissues for up to a year. Juvederm contains lidocaine, which makes the procedure as comfortable as possible.
Iyad Farha, dermatocosmetologist at the EpilCity cosmetology center
Know the limits
We all know examples, including stellar ones, when lips after correction became like a duck's beak or a whistle. The last option was often seen a couple of years ago, it was deliberately ordered by clients. Fortunately, this fashion has passed.
Such options are obtained if the patients ask the beautician to inject more than necessary. For example, they want to make lips with a "reserve", especially if during the procedure only half of the syringe was enough for correction, but you still have to pay for the whole one. It is better to make a small correction, and if necessary, add the drug in a couple of weeks.
Expert opinion
- It is impossible to make lips "with a margin": too much filler can lead to overcorrection, drug migration, unnatural results, ischemia (malnutrition) of the lip tissues, the formation of fibrosis (seals) and other unpleasant consequences.
Anna Borzenkova, cosmetologist, anti-age medicine specialist at the Petrovka Beauty center of medical cosmetology
If you really feel sorry for the remaining contents of the syringe for which you paid, you can ask the beautician to use the material in other areas.
Expert opinion
- Typically, the syringe has a volume of 1 ml. It is opened in front of the patient and must be used in its entirety. If there is a lot of this volume for lip correction, you can use the remaining drug to correct the corners of the lips, nasolabial folds, and so on - as indicated.
Natalia Kadochikova, dermatologist, cosmetologist, trainer in injection techniques at Merz
Time to go for correction
In order to maintain lip volume, it is important to come for a correction. But not before the date indicated by the doctor. Usually, hyaluronic acid dissolves from several months to six months - it depends on the type of filler and the individual characteristics of the organism. The optimal time to maintain the result is considered to go to the doctor every six months.
