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The best photo is one with your mouth relaxed and slightly open to see how much of your teeth are covered. However you do look like a great candidate for a lip lift based on how long your philtrum is. A lip lift should not significantly increase your wemillion show. but should expose more of your upper teeth.There are ways to make the scar of a lip lift less visible. An in person consultation or at least a video meeting could help answer your questions better.
The most definitive way to shorten the philtrum is a via a lip lift. Surgically, you can have two separate incisions under the nose (italian), one incision under the nose (bull horn), one incision at the red/white upper lip junction (gull wing) or two separate incision at the corners, or a combination, depending on your desired look and anatomy. Fillers can be used to make the philtrum appear shorter, however this would result in a more prominent lip that protrudes out. My preferred surgical technique is called the Elelyft, which is a version of the bullhorn approach lip lift. Gary Linkov, MDLip Lift SpecialistManhattan
HI there, based on the photos you sent, you seem to be a good candidate for a conservative lip lift. Why conservative? Because on one hand you've got quite a long philtrum, but on the other - you've got quite good teeth visibility and risk having gummy smile afterwards. MOre specific...
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...
With your philtrum length being about 22mm, I would estimate that the ideal amount of skin to remove during a surgical lip lift for you would be about 6-8mm. This would give you a subtle yet noticeable change without looking overly "done" or exposing too much of your teeth. You certainly seem...
