{"id":22986,"date":"2022-05-24T06:53:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=22986"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:40:14","slug":"corner-lip-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/corner-lip-lift","title":{"rendered":"The Corner Lip Lift Is Trending. Here\u2019s When to Get It Instead of Filler."},"content":{"rendered":"

A decade ago, the lip lift<\/a> was a little-known procedure—something plastic surgeons quietly tacked on to facelifts<\/a>, for the sake of facial harmony. Shortening a long upper lip can give the mouth a more youthful vibe, better syncing it with the revised proportions of a freshly lifted face. “Then, seven or eight years ago, the script flipped, and younger patients started getting lip lifts,” says Dr. Miguel Mascaró<\/a>, a board-certified facial plastic surgeon in Delray Beach, Florida. <\/p>

Over time, as patients warmed to the idea of the procedure—which removes a bullhorn-shaped strip of skin from the base of the nose, to subtly hike the center of the top lift—variations on the conventional lip lift began to emerge, including the now buzzy corner lip lift. “Interest is definitely growing,” says Dr. Mascaró, who averages three to five corner lifts a week, on patients of all stripes. “You get the younger ones who want that smirk, that voluptuous, exotic look,” he adds. “And then you have the older patients, who actually need their corners addressed because they have a functional issue,” which gives the mouth an unhappy, downturned appearance.<\/p>

What’s the goal of a corner lip lift?<\/h2>

The corner lip lift can take many forms—specialists tend to put their own spin on it, offering signature techniques—but generally speaking, the operation takes aim at the corners of the mouth, or what doctors call the commissure, where the upper and lower lips come together. Depending on the incision location and design, the procedure can simply unbury the outer edges of the top lip—to reveal more red, for a more uniform vermillion border—and\/or it can improve the disposition of the mouth, “changing a sad face to neutral or happy,” explains Dr. Ben Talei<\/a>, a board-certified facial plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California.<\/p>

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