Lip Augmentation Risks and Side Effects?

If you are seeking lip augmentation with the least amount of risk, you should opt for one of the hyaluronic fillers. Possible side effects include swelling, bruising, bumps which may last quite awhile and asymmetric. Choose your physician carefully. There is a whole sub-genre in TV and movies making fun of the results (see First Wive's Club, Lisa Renna, etc.). Everything from the platypus look, trout pout, sausage lips, stripper lips. None of these results are in anyway flattering.... more

Fillers in the lips can cause prolonged swelling, asymetries and possible lumps. I would start with a small volume of a hyaluronic acid based filler, see how you like it and then add more in 2 to 4 weeks when the main swelling resolves. In general it is very safe and patient satisfaction is high!

Please have a clear idea of what you want to achieve before going in for any lip augmentation, either with injections or a permanent implant. The lips have to appear to fit the rest of your face so if you have very Caucasian features, it would be wrong to ask for African lips. Also the number of atrocious lip augmentations which appear daily on the net or tube are really on the rise. Patients ask me why celebrities agreed to have oversized lips and I can only guess that they didn't... more