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Injections Above Upper Lip (Philtrum)
asked 1 year ago by lisa83 in vancouver, BC
Latest answer by Tal T. Roudner, MD
Question viewed 1,247 times
Tags: female, filler, philtrum, thin lips
I went to a plastic surgeon because my upper lip is very thin! He told me my case is difficult for various reasons and that my philtrum is a bit long and that it would not work just to put filler in my top lip. Then he said that I would benefit from him injecting filler into my philtrum, which would then lift my top lip, making lip bigger and reducing the length of the philtrum. Is this right? Or would I need a lip lift? Would lip lift look good? Cant find anything on filler in philtrum!
2 answers to Injections Above Upper Lip (Philtrum)
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Lip Lift- Los Angeles
Hello and thank you for the question.
Although the photographs you provided do no present your upper lip concerns in their entirety, I get the sense from looking at that photo that you may have a long upper lip. I would need to examine you first-hand to make that determination, as there are several factors which may contribute to a long upper lip, some of them not easily addressable.
A long upper lip may be managed by an upper lip lift in the right patient population. The procedure...
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Small thin lips
It is from my experience I have observed that thin long lips are very difficult to correct with injecting any type of filler.
The anatomy of the upper lip especially is more difficult to correct. Specifically the older you get the more difficult it becomes.
If the philtre is flat it could be augmented with a filler but that correction is in the vertical aspect of the lip.
In difficult cases it is often better to undergo a surgical procedure that removes skin and soft tissue...
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