Gull wing lift lip

Otto Joseph Placik, MD answers: What is a gull wing lip lift?

What is involved in the gull wing lip lift?  What does it do?


Otto Joseph Placik, MD
1 month ago
By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

A gull wing lift lip is essentially a method of removing a strip of skin just above the border of the upper lip. It has the shape of a gently extended M and looks like a child's drawing of a sea gull. This essentially advances the border of the upper lip.

It leaves a visible scar which can obscure the natural upper lip border (called the white roll) and is not popular unless formed in an existing scar.

Web reference: http://www.bodysculptor.com/blog.html
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