Our expert Zoya Evsyukova
Lip reshaping with injections is the most popular facial correction procedure. The names of the techniques ("fish", "ducks", "Parisian lips") came from the people. Some are lucky with a beautician, and their lips turn out to be natural, and someone turns into Chris and Angie (girlfriends from the old STS sketch show "One for All!"). How not to ruin your face and make beautiful lips? The head of the department of cosmetology and dermatovenerology of the polyclinic of the Russian State Social University Zoya Evsyukova helps us to understand this. Ksenia Borodina 2012, 2018. Photo: Boris KUDRYAVOV / Express newspaper, instagram.com
- At TV presenter Ksenia Borodina, the drug was injected into the contour and into the red border of the lips. The TV presenter also used an element of the baby-lips technique: on the lower lip there is an emphasis on small tubercles, which give the playfulness and childlike spontaneity of Ksyusha's appearance. Full "baby-lips" is when four lumps are made on the lips: these tubercles are located one in each half of the upper and lower lips, closer to the midline. Ksenia Borodina is a real beauty who does not forget the rule: the main thing is not to overdo it and stop in time.
Chris (Evelina Bledans) and Angie (Anna Ardova) emphasized that the heroines of the sketch “One for All” belong to the ruble wives with impressive “dumplings”. Photo: Still from the film
Many of my patients lose their sense of proportion over time: they want even more volume, even if those around them tell them that it is already enough. In such cases, I refuse the procedure even to my old patients. For their aesthetic reasons. If most cosmetologists were guided by the same considerations, and not commercial interests, we would see much less "dumplings", "dumplings", "sausages" and other food products on pretty faces on the streets. Ekaterina Varnava 2008, 2018. Photo: Personal archive, instagram.com
- The actress Catherine Barnabas introduced the drug not only into the red border of the lips, like Victoria Lopyreva's, but also into their contour. The lips turned out to be natural, they look harmonious on the artist's face. Catherine has large facial features, so luscious lips suit her: they look sexy, but at the same time not vulgar.
Usually stars make lips when they have a few days off. This procedure has side effects that go away on their own. These are hematomas, swelling (up to 7 days), soreness after the procedure (up to 5 days).
How much does it cost? From 10 to 40 thousand rubles (depending on the drug, its quantity, the level of the clinic). If the specialist has violated the protocol of the procedure, you will not get the desired result. For example, when the filler is injected too superficially, the Tyndall effect can occur - the lips or the skin around them will become bluish, the shape will be asymmetrical.
The effect of lip contouring lasts on average 6 - 8 months. There are drugs after which the result lasts up to a year. They are denser, therefore they stimulate the formation of collagen around them, therefore, even after the drug has been absorbed, the volume and shape of the lips differ from the original (due to the formed collagen). For some, this side effect even goes. Victoria Lopyreva 2008, 2018.photo: Vladimir LUKJANOV / globallookpress.com, instagram.com
- TV presenter Victoria Lopyreva performed the typical technique of “Parisian lips”: the shape has not been changed, just the lips have become more plump and juicy. This was due to their increase in height and the "twisted" upper lip: if we get carried away with the volume in this technique, we will get a caricatured "fish".
Lip shape is now being corrected very often. I admit that I did this procedure myself, injecting it many times. But the fashion for giant "dumplings" is, of course, a thing of the past. In the 2000s, it was a sign of luxury available only to wealthy socialites. Now lips are no longer an attribute of glamor. The main trend is natural shapes and volume, when well-made lips are difficult to distinguish from natural ones. Alas, due to the high demand for the procedure, almost hairdressers and other people without special medical education began to do it. Remember: only a doctor has the right to perform a lip augmentation procedure: a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist-cosmetologist! Otherwise, be prepared for any outcome.
