I experience little to no upper tooth show while speaking. Only my bottom row shows, for the most part, as seen in pictures. I've researched a lot of different options, and the lip lift procedure scares me a bit. What could be the best option here?
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January 6, 2022
Answer: Lip lift
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Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MDBoard Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
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...
You could definitely benefit from a lip lift. This would shorten your philtrum and expose more of your lip at rest as well as expose more of your teeth when your mouth is open. There should not be a noticeable scar as your surgeon will be able to tuck it in the fold of the lower nose. Long term,...
I have been doing Lip Lifts for over 15 years, and I have noticed that many patients complain of upper lip lengthening after rhinoplasty. I have long suspected it is because the depressor Septi nasi gets disrupted at the base of the columella and detached from it. Since this muscle connects to...