Would a lip flip help minimize the appearance of a long face? (photos)

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So I’m super insecure because I have an oval face. I wanted to get double jaw surgery, but after a consultation the dr told me I’d do more harm then good (large nose, smaller top lip) and the movements would be too small to warrant such a large pocedure. I was gutted. So I’m looking for other alternatives. Lip fillers are not an option as I do not think they look good (I have seen plenty in person from different doctors) and I’m worried a genio well elongate my face.

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

It appears that distance between the upper lip and nose is on the longer side (14-20mm norma). In that case, lip lift procedure would benefit you to enlarge upper lift and visually shorten the lower third of the face. It is impossible to comment whether other procedures could help to make your face looks shorter, based on these photos. Good luck.

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

This is my expertise and a huge portion of my practice. Asymmetry is normal and expected. Buccal fat pad gives slimming not symmetry. Masseter botox will make you slimmer and make the jawline more loose. Fillers help give shaping and contouring. If you want perfect or close to perfect symmetry you need maxillofacial surgery or implants customized. I suggest seeing an expert to go through all options. Most of my younger clients use fillers to give them shaping especially on the cheeks, jawline, and chin which make the face look more slim and tight; and threads such as PDO or Instalift can build collagen and support the facial shaping and skin looseness over time, slowing down the aging process and given the face a more “snatched” look; and morpheus8 or PiXel8 deep microneedling RF can tighten crepe skin especially on the neck and jawline and is great for long term tightening of the full face, neck and chest; its often used to give the face a slimmer more sculpted look because it tightens the skin and gives lift. an early face lift can be performed as well even in younger clients if they want a different facial shape, maxillofacial surgery with bone breaking or shaving can also be done. For facial slimming a combination of treatments are always needed. Options include: 1. Buccal fat pad removal to reduce fat on the lower face 2. Factite or Renuvion/J Plasma to tighten the lower face, jawline, and chin to reduce fat and give the jawline and neck tightening and shaping. 3. Botox to the masseter to reduce the muscular size of the jaw giving the face an illusion of being more slender 4. Fillers to the jawline, chin, cheeks, temples and brow help to shape the face and make it more angled and defined Always use at home derma rolling (see link to Emerageskin x anteageMD roller plus stem cells/hyaluronic acid ampules) and peels like emeragecosmetics enlighten or aerify that can be used to improve skin quality and tighten the skin while improving wrinkles, pigmentation, acne, and Melasma. See an expert who does facial shaping with surgical and non surgical methods to get a comprehensive option. Best, Dr. Emer.

Gary M. Horndeski, MD · Answer

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 be a candidate for a lip lift.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Selcuk Inanli, MD · Answer

Hello!First of all thank you for your question.Your subnasal area looks wide and your upper lip is thin. Lip Lifting surgery would be the best option in your case

Randal Haworth, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello !

In my experience, a OOS liplift (maybe with a corner lip lift in addition) - which is an enhanced lip lift procedure I invented - would benefit you and would bring you more harmony to your lower face.

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