Is There a Cupids Bow Surgery Preformed Like the One Done by Dr Orden on the Doctors Tv Program?

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Ritu Chopra, MD · Answer

My partner (Drew Ordon) and I do this surgery all the time. As we do it (and as we did it on the show The Doctors) there are not external incisions. We used a V to Y flap advancement technique. We also add fat transfer to the procedure if we need to. The key thing is: every patient is an individual and the procedure varies person to person. An open and thorough consultation is where to ask: "How will you do it on me?"

Jed H. Horowitz, MD, FACS · Answer

Good day! For your guidance, lip lifts can do this by turning the Cupid’s bow upwards, also called as lip eversion. This procedure improves the definition of the philtral columns and Cupid’s bow. Find a board-certified surgeon in your area that has extensive experience on this type of surgery. Have an in person examination and discuss realistic goals and expectations. Best of luck! #RealSelf00

Farhad Rafizadeh, MD · Answer

This procedure shown on the Doctors show, creates eversion of the cupid's bow, by advancing the upper lip mucosa by a V to Y flap. The non surgical procedure that accomplishes the same thing is injection of Restylane Silk or Restylane. I would definitely do this non permanent and reversible injection first before I perform that surgery on a patient, just to make sure they like the upturned upper lip. Some people don't like the duck lip effect that this procedure could produce.

Michael A. Persky, MD · Answer

Hi K,

	Beware of plastic surgery procedures that you see on television shows such as the Doctors.  Cupid's Bow surgery requires incisions around the lips which can lead to very disturbing scars.  Good luck and be well.

	Dr. P

Scott E. Kasden, MD, FACS · Answer

I am not sure of the procedure you are referring to. I have been performing a lip lift with gret patient satisfaction for years. I do occasionally do a touch up, as the patient may want more lift or definition, but the scars are well hidden/accepted.

Aaron Stone, MD · Answer

Cupid's bow incisions to remove upper lip skin in order to raise the upper lip sound good. In reality though the associated incision scar can detract from the result so the cure is worse than the disease. I have seen some done in Rio that looked excellent but I am sure that surgeon had many that did not look so good. I have seen some that looked horrendous. It is a gamble I will not venture to take. I would be careful about having cosmetic procedures that you see on television for the first time. Because plastic surgery has been so overdone on television the show producers are looking for out of the norm or shock value procedures/case scenarios and the often do not show the end result evident some months afterward.

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