5 years ago a phone was accidently trown by a kid at me and it cause my top lip to split. I went to the er but by the time they took me in it was too late for the doctors to work on it. I was just left to heal on it own but I’m still very insecure and wanted to see if there’s anything I could do to fix it
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A lip lift does 4 things: shortens the distance between your nose and upper lip, increases the mucosa of the upper lip, increases the incisor show and pulls up the corners. You would benefit from a lip lift.
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Gary Horndeski, M.D.
Yes - we do this all the time. We take tissue from the lip, from behind the ear, from a scar elsewhere on the body, or from other surgery (e.g. a facelift) to use in the lip.
Your lips in this photo look normal and natural. However, if you want to restore lip there are many ways. We use tissue grafts or fat, depending upon where the issue is and what needs to be restored.