Upper lips should always be smaller during augmentation

Philip Young, MD answers: Same size for both lips during augmentation?

Do doctors typically make the lips the same size or the upper lip smaller during lip augmentation?


Philip Young, MD
6 months ago
By Philip Young, MD - Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

In fact, the upper lip should be about 1/2 the size as the lower lips to maintain the correct balance within the face. The puckering that you create with lip augmentation should also be very specific. The upper lip puckering should be in the central 1/4 or about an iris width. The lower lip pucker should be about 3 iris widths. The height of the upper and lower lips should be about 1/2 and 1 iris widths respectively.

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