I was talked into injecting a permanent filler (Artecoll) to augment my upper lip by a PS in Europe 3 years ago. I am very unhappy with the outcome. While it balanced the size of my upper lip with my lower lip, which was normally big, it is protruding, creating a "duck lip" effect and did not really address the space between my nose and my upper lip. I want to know if an upper lip reduction and an upper lip lift (which is what I originally wanted) would address the situation. Thank you!
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June 28, 2018
Answer: Removing permanent fillers from the lips - Los Angeles
The youngest that I have done a lip reduction on was a 13 year old but she was psychologically mature, was teased at school, and truly had very large ethnic appearing lips. When I look at your photo, I do not think you would benefit from a lip reduction. Also, as you get older...
Since I perform a lip reduction almost every day to every other day, I feel that in my hands lip reduction is very safe. I most likely perform more lip reductions than anyone in the world. If you have questions, please contact my office or review the information below.
MarissaV,
Need to reduce lip projection after injection? First, give it time to allow swelling to resolve.
Lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid injectable fillers such has Restylane or Juvederm is common today. Fewer cosmetic specialists are using collagen for lip enhancement. The lip naturally...
