Injections Above Upper Lip (Philtrum)

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... more

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... more