Traveling to a surgeon for lip lift. How long to take off work and stay in new city?

Postoperatively, after a lip lift, you can anticipate bruising and swelling that will be noticeable to you and others for about 1 week. After the sutures are removed or dissolve, depending on the type used, there will be redness along the incision line for 4-6 weeks but this can be covered with...

The ideal candidate for the Elelyft, or upper lip lift, is someone with a philtral length of 13mm or longer, no upper dental show, and/or a thin upper lip. The nasal base to mouth width ratio needs to be taken into consideration to avoid leaving the lip corners down.  In your situation, I would ...

A surgical lip lift is a great option for patients who feel as if the distance between their upper lip and their nose is too long or has lengthened over time.  A lip lift can improve definition of the lip border and improve pink lip volume.  I would advise anyone looking into this procedur...

Gregarious702860,You can mess around with lip lift surgeries but you more likely need orthognathic surgery. A craniofacial specialized plastic surgeon or maxillofacial surgeon should be able to determine the cause of your tooth show and develop a treatment plan.Good luck,Nirmal R. Nathan, M.D. ...

You will ultimately need to decide if a lip lift is worth the cost, but you do appear to be a good candidate. Look through photos of people's work and try to find someone who may resemble your appearance for a sense of what your result might look like. Your philtrum is likely about 17-18mm and ...

There are surgical and non-surgical approaches to lip augmentation. Non-surgical approaches include botox (slight lift, reducing gum show) and filler (volume restoration). Surgically, you can have two separate incisions under the nose (italian), one incision under the nose (bull horn), one...