{"id":17833,"date":"2020-12-16T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=17833"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:57:40","slug":"instagram-filler-injection-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/instagram-filler-injection-techniques","title":{"rendered":"The Filler Injection Techniques You\u2019re Seeing All Over Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injectables news usually arrives in the form of freshly approved products—a lip filler<\/a> promising softer, juicier fullness<\/a> or a “cleaner” collection of gels<\/a> made to move more naturally. Such events generally spark celebratory posts from injectors across social media, eager to TikTok a product’s finer points or share an inaugural unboxing in their Stories. But lately, we’ve noticed a shift in content, with providers building buzz around specific filler techniques rather than novel formulas. We asked top doctors to break down the most hashtagged methods—tenting, ferning, blending—for everything you need to know before submitting to the syringe. <\/p>

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Lip tenting or fencing<\/h2>

When tenting the lips, injectors use an ultrafine-gauge needle to place a series of tiny pillars of hyaluronic acid (HA) gel—à la tent poles or fence posts—along the lips’ outer edges. Starting at the corners of the mouth and working toward the Cupid’s bow, they position the needle on the vermilion border and insert it into the body of the lip, filling just beneath the skin’s surface. “As you withdraw the needle, you inject a small column of filler, which causes an eversion [or turning out] of the lip and creates a very distinct border,” says Dr. Steven Weiner<\/a>, a board-certified facial plastic surgeon in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. The same process can be repeated on the lower lip.<\/p>