I had deep lines in my naturally semi-full lips and have been wanting them filled forever. After looking at realself for a couple of years, I decided to go for it with Dr. Toyos.
One of her assistants escorted me to a room where he then asked my concerns (like nurses do when you go tor a Dr appointment) and then Dr Toyos came in and went over everything with me, telling me her method, telling me about the juvederm ultra, and she was just very thorough and extremely polite. (I also got kybella but will do a separate review on that)She numbed me with a numbing cream so strong that I imagine only licensed professionals can obtain it, and we started with 1 mL. After looking at my lips I decided I wanted a more dramatic change, so I got an additional mL and my lips were swollen afterward, but I LOVED the look. She kept the lovely shape my lips have naturally, and took her time to make sure the product was distributed evenly. It didn't hurt in the slightest, and neither did the healing process.. I fell in love with how my swollen lips looked, so at my 4 week "check up" I got another mL. This second appointment, I got more kybella and 2 mL of filler in my receded chin. (Again, these will be separate reviews for people interested in those topics specifically)I'll post some before and after photos (note I DO have lip liner & plumping gloss on in my after photo and am pursing my lips, but you get a reasonable idea of how they look after the swelling went down after 3 mL) If you want a natural result I'd say 1 or 2 mL is PERFECT for full lips, I just wanted... dramatic lips lol.