Lip Lift: Stories

I say save yourself the money and put it in for the lumineers. I don't know what state you're in but I am in Rhode Island and the average is $800.00 per lumineers. I have a great dentist and one of his employees actually had them and she looks great. Don't go for the surgery. It's not worth your money or the risk and the exposure will be so minimal it won't make a difference at all. Lumineers are not permanent. That is true. You might have to replace them in years to come but I believe they quite some years. I did look at some info as I am typing this to you & I suggest you do more work. I might be giving the wrong info to you regarding lumineers being better then veneers. Do your research. I'll ask my dentist on the next visit which isn't for a while but I definetely would ditch the surgery.

I am in Ks not sure the cost of lumineers or veneers here but has your Dentist said that placing them would help fix the problem I mean like would they be visible when you smile? Mine said that even if he put them on which would make my teeth longer and bigger they would not be very visible because my problem was my jaw needed to be lowered. I definitely need to get a second opinion on this option because I would rather lumineers which I dont think there is a big difference between these and veneers, a hundred times better then a lip lift or jaw surgery. Is there any way you can send me a picture of you smiling I just want to see if your case is anything like mine? Thanks for the information its really apreciated:)

HI Ramos: I don't know anything about jaw surgery but it does sound like major work and as you said major pain. I think a lip lift is more for people who do botox and are looking for something permanent. The jaw surgery sounds very complex. I would say go to a cosmetic dentist, most offer free consultations. See what they say about how much exposure they could give me. As far as a picture of me smiling. I can try but it might take me a while since I have to crop it since I"m here kind of anonymous lol. What I can tell you about my case is that my teeth are little. They always have been since I can remember. The thing is that as I got older, unknown to me, I didn't have an over-bite. My top teeth and bottom teeth align exactly so unknown to me, I had been wearing my teeth out. Eventually my teeth would break. My dentist recommended braces to create an over bite so that then he could place the lumineers or veneers; otherwise, I would break them with my bite. I had gone to another cosmetic dentist who said my lip was low and of course I google everything and found out about the lip lift. I had HIGH, BIG, ENORMOUS hope. Thought it was the answer to my prayers and it was not. I went ahead with the braces and waiting for the treatment to end to continue on to the veneers/lumineers ( not sure anymore) When I smile, you can't see my upper teeth. I look like I don't have any. Embarrassing of course so I smile and laugh with my lips closed and when I find something funny, I turn away from people while in the meantime wishing I could let out a HUGE laugh but I'd look ugly so I stay pretty lol. THe lip lift gave minimal exposure but again I will try to get something to you.

My scars will not tan, I can cover them slightly with makeup but I don't use foundation so it's hard. Thinking about inking them... we'll see

hi damouse8it, I'm so sorry for the late reply. I don't come here often. I uploaded some pictures of what the scar looks like now. How did it go with your surgery?

My scars will not tan, I can cover them slightly with makeup but I don't use foundation so it's hard. Thinking about inking them... we'll see.

It did go well. I am quite happy It took about 1,5 h, was almost painless. They let me watch a movie during the procedure and my doc let me look at the results before he made them final and actually did correct what I had asked him to. The scar was healing extremely fast, I did not need any painkillers, swelling was going down very fast. First 2 days, I looked like from a freaking magazine, since my lips were swollen. I am glad I did it, it was my dream, it all looks different yet still natural. After a week I was freaking out, I felt like not enough skin I had been cut out but now I see, that my doc knew what he was doing. If more skin had been cut, I§d have this drooping mouth corners angry look now. I look good now and am sure, I could not get this look with a filler, ever. I cannot smile the way I used to, tough. U can barely see the scar and thank God mine does tan, but it sure is there, It's stiff and it makes me self concious sometimes. It sure lets u know it§s there when u drink from straw or wanna smear ur lipsticks doing the mouth move. The procedure does make ur nostrils bigger, so I got mine done too. It gave me new, younger look, but I do have scars in the middle of my face. I feel like covering it with make up makes is more visible, I'd say, because the scar is a wrinkle that soaks up ur makeup and makes a line there ?? Lorea'l Perfectionist primer that fills it helps tough. The whole thing took 6 visits and was $2800 her in UT with Dr. Scot Haupt. The procedure did not give me what I had expected but that is not the surgeron's fault. I expected my upper lip to be shorter for younger look ( which sure is) and also the upper lip to be taller/thicker by rolling the lip up and out a bit. The procedure just pulls up what u have got, if u know what I mean.It rolled up maybe a millimeter of my lips, but not even close to what I saw when I was playing with it planning this procedure. The little portion of wet part of my lips that has been rolled up and is exposed to air now has been drying, peeling and just annoying the heck out of me so I have been picking on it, I just can't help it. Matte lipsticks make the situation even worse. I believe my body will adjust to it. This procedure is not worth it if u can't live with the downside of it. It was to me, because I am a diva and this has been my dream and I do look better.

I'm glad you are happy. Post some pictures so we can see the before and after.

The scar didn't look bad when I took the picture. It looks much worst now and the reason for doing the lip lift was because my teeth are too little and don't show when I smile and $3,000.00 dollars later they still don't show when I smile. I'm still going to have to go with porcelain veneers in my front teeth. Should have applied those $3,000.00 dollars to them instead. I did have high hopes from what I had reviewed and the questions I asked the surgeon so I was very hopeful and was very disappointed but thank you for your comment : )

Hi Considering: They barely show. You will gain about 1 cm I believe with the lip lift. I would say forget the lip lift, I spend 3,000.00. You can get almost 3 veneers at that price and just save for another 2. Each veneer is like $800.00. That's actually what I'm going to end up doing anyhow and I don't believe the lip lift is worth it. I have scars, they look like 2 little white sticks on the bottom of my nostrils. When I have time I will post a picture for you. I would say maybe everyone has their own experience but I would not risk it. I still feel weird when I smile. Good luck and best put your money to better use.