Is There a Way to Shorten the Area Between the Nose Base and Upper Lip?

A lip shortening procedure is performed by removing a sliver of skin below the nose, hiding the scar in the shadow at the junction of the nose and upper lip. While this removes some of the skin of the upper lip and does actually shorten it, you will want your plastic surgeon to evaluate the position and form of your upper teeth and gums- together considered your upper jaw. What you don't want is to raise your lip so much that too much of your teeth show with smiling or at rest- this would... more

There are acutally lip shorteniing procedures for this condition. An incision is made along the lower border of the nose and the upper lip and a strip of excess skin from the upper lip is removed. The scar is hidden in then atural crease below the nose.

Lengthening of the upper lip occurs with age, and is corrected by excising skin just under the nose. Although this leaves a "scar" on the face, it usually heals quite well, and also helps the upper lip "turn out"  when done in a manner to do so.

The incision and resultant permanent scar for this procedure is at the base of the nose as it joins the lip. The entire lip can be raised with this operation, and the scar generally fades quite nicely in the majority of individuals. This is not a common operation for many surgeons, and I have been pleasantly surprised at the degree of improvement and overall satisfaction of the patients for whom I have performed this procedure. It can be done under local anesthesia, and is not expensive... more

You can do a lip lift which raises the lip; but this requires an incision under your nose and a scar there. The other way is to plump up the lips from inside to create a pout and raise the upper lip higher towards to the nose. Knowledge on how to do this in a beautiful way and make it look natural is important.