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Alternative Option to Permanent Lip Augmentation?
asked 2 years ago by Melinda75 in PA
Latest answer by Todd C. Miller, MD
Question viewed 810 times
Tags: lips, full, options, Permalip, permanent
What is the best alternative to permanent (or as at least LONG TERM) Lip Augmentation? $500 for Juvederm every 4 mos, and the pain and bruising is just getting to be too much. I have read about Permalip but can't find a lot of Dr's in Chicago that offer it. Can anyone help?
4 answers to Alternative Option to Permanent Lip Augmentation?
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Permalip implants
Permalip is a great option for long term lip augmentation in the right patients. I generally advise patients to try a temporary filler to ensure that they like the look. If the patient is comfortable with the look and, like yourself, tired of repeated injections, then they are a good candidate for a longer term solution.
Permalip is a silicone implant that comes in different sizes, is not resorbed by the body, and gives relatively predictable results. The procedure takes about 15 minutes...
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Long term options exist for lip augmentation
Permalip lip augmentation is definitely a great option for semi permanent lip augmentation. These implants do not go away and the body does not absorb them so they will give you augmentation for a very long time. Other long term options include fat injections, the YoungVolumizer, Tissue transplantation, Tissue rearrangement, and lip lifts. You can read more about these things on our website. Below is a video on permalip augmentation:
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Juvederm should last longer
An HA filler such as juvederm and restylane in the lips should last 9-12 months, not 4 months. If you are looking for something permanent, I would recommend fat injection. Yes, there is a possiblility for repeat treatments, but most often, one time does the trick. Fat injection is, however, permanent. What remains four months post injection should be there forever.
Jennifer Keagle, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Lip augmentation
I agree that temporary fillers such as hyaluronic acid gels are not the most affordable long term and require frequent injection and frequent recoveries. They do work well and are predictable. I would make sure you are happy with the increased volume of the lip with these products and then move to something like fat injections to the lip.
Fat, however, is not as predicatble as the gel fillers and may require repitive treatments, but when a long term volume is achieved it can be permanent....
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