Lip lift or rhinoplasty first? (Photo)

A proper lip lift will not alter your nose and the same goes for a rhinoplasty affecting the lip. We can also perform a lip lift and rhinoplasty at the same time. That way you don’t go through two healing periods. The only part of rhinoplasty that should not be done at the same time as a lip lift is alarplasty, but from your photo, you do not need an alarplasty.

Hi @Dazzling318849. This is a great question. I recommend to get them done on the same day. Best of luck to you, Dr. Nima!

Hello Dazzling318849,

Lip lift leaves visible scarring which can be hidden only in advanced aged patients. Personally, I would recommend getting rhinoplasty and fat injection into your lips especially to top lip to get a more harmonious appearance. All these surgeries are complex and open for complications therefore need to make an extended research before undergoing actual surgery.

Best Wishes

When my patients are considering making changes to their nose and pairing that with a lip lift I advise them to perform the rhinoplasty first because as you mentioned, the rhinoplasty lengthens the margin between your upper lip and your nose when making changes to the tip and columella. A lip lift post rhinoplasty shouldn't change the shape of your nose considering I perform open rhinoplasties which allows me to control many variables and reinforce all of the structures so that it is a nose for life. I recommend waiting at least a year in between procedures since it can take a year or longer for the nose to fully heal from a rhinoplasty. Going forward, I would recommend you to complete multiple in office consultations with board certified experts to discuss your ideal aesthetic goals. This way, they can better assess your face and create an ideal treatment plan for you.

Best of luck,
Kian Karimi MD, FACS

Hi, thanks for your question. You could combine these two procedures into one surgery, which would reduce your recovery time overall. Or alternatively, I would start with the area of the face that bothers you most, and do that surgery first. If your nose is bothering you more then I would start with rhinoplasty. After your rhinoplasty procedure you can then see whether you want something permanent like a lip lift or if you prefer to try fillers first to see if that might achieve your desired look. I highly recommend that you book an in person consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon in order to discuss all of your options.

Hello madame and thank you for your question. I believe you need both operations. You have an important amount of deviation. Lip Lift's recovery takes a long time; therefore, I suggest that you have a combination of surgery of both procedures. Because if you do only Rhinoplasty, the gap between your upper lip and nose will look longer than before. If you do only lip lift, your nose will look extremely deviated. So, in my opinion, I believe you will not be happy to have any of them individually, so I highly recommend you to have both of them at once.

Rhinoplasty and lip lift are the procedures that I usually apply together. Lip lift is a short operation in terms of time and can be performed under local anesthesia in suitable patients. If you are undecided about lip lift, you can have your rhinoplasty surgery first and then have your lip lift procedure with local anesthesia after three or four months.I usually apply both operations in one session to my patients who want to have two procedures.Best wishesDr Bagli