Lip fillers placed too high - can this be improved? (photos)

Dear tbl732,
you have two options, you can wait for fillers to disappear or get them dissolved. I perform a lot of lip injections with fillers such as juvederm and it works great. Many times I need to put more in one side than the other to attempt to even out the vermillion border (The red line of the lip). This helps provide more symmetry at times.For patients looking for a more long lasting result, I recommend fat grafting. That is, using your own bodies fat to make your lips naturally look more shapely. The bonus is that the results last many many years.
In general, I avoid using permanent prosthesis because I find that the lips are such dynamic and sensitive structures, the end result is not natural.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Your provider injected too much filler in the Vermilion border. When doing that it needs to be done much more conservatively. personally when I inject the Vermilion border I do it just enough that you can see a slight difference.

You can either wait for the filler to go away or consider reversing the filler with an enzyme injection.

If you can live with it then it’s probably better to wait it out because it should be improving with time.

Consider another provider for the fillers in the future or have a conversation with your provider about how they do fillers and what part you did not like.

Over treating the upper lip is a dead giveaway for someone having had lip fillers and this is especially true with injecting the Vermilion border aggressively like in your case.

Look around for the most talented and experienced providers doing lip fillers in your community.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD