Lip Augmentation
Lip shapes are like fingerprints and no two are exactly alike.
Not everyone is blessed with that ideal set of full lips. Most of us fall into one of the common lip shape categories, which we will cover along with their perceived shortcomings. But we can console ourselves with the thought that the beautiful lips that we conjure up in our minds are within our grasp, thanks to a plethora of lip augmentation procedures.
Lip Shape Categories and Treatment Options
Thin, flat lips: Some have very thin lips with little or no definition. This may be due to genetics, aging or smoking. Tissue degrades as we age and definition is lost over the years. All around lip augmentation is usually necessary to change them.
No upper lip: The upper lip is always the first to lose volume. As the volume diminishes, less and less vermilion shows and the nose to lip ratio becomes even longer. This development can severely age you. The good thing about this shape is that you usually only need upper lip augmentation. However, if augmentation doesn’t do the trick, a lip lift will more than likely be necessary to restore balance.
No bottom lip: This condition is extremely rare, unless there was also no volume in the top lip. Nonetheless, bottom lip augmentation is, by far, the easiest to do and is usually more natural looking than upper lip augmentation.
Irregular vermilion border: The one half of both the upper and lower lips can be smaller than the other. More filler can be injected on that side to turn out the lips and also use nude lip liner to even it out. The only solution is filler and possibly micropigmentation (cosmetic tattooing). Lip liner can also help to correct the vermilion, but if it’s significant only a filler and possibly tattooing will help. You can get a lip lift in extreme conditions, but usually this causes an irregular “pulling” appearance and can make the lip look even worse.
Too large, or overblown, “fish” lips: The approach depends on whether the condition is caused by natural volume or augmented volume. If it is natural volume, a surgery is usually the solution. If it is augmented volume, then the treatment depends upon the product.
