Is It Possible to Make my Upper Lip Thinner Than my Lower Lip? (photo)

In my experience, cheiloplasty may be performed to reduce lip volume, while leaving all incisions inside your mouth. The post-op recovery has around 10 days of downtime, mostly from swelling, not pain. Your lips may remain swollen for 6-8 weeks, so your final result will not be immediate. Complications with this procedure include bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, and need for further surgery.

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Dr. Joseph

This can be done but your lips look fine as they are and most patients like full lips. As you age they will get thinner and you will be glad you left them alone. No surgery please.

You are correct.  The lower lip should be fuller than the upper lip to have a nice balanced appearance.  You can opt to either reduce the upper lip OR enhance the lower lip with a temporary filler or permanent lip implant.  Please consult with a board certified specialist who can evaluate you and guide you to be the best, natural appearing result for your face.

While you have very nice lips I can see your concern with having a larger central segment to your upper lip. While a central upper lip reduction can be done, I don't think you can quite reach the goal you have shown. This then raises the question of whether it is worth the effort.

You are absolutely correct that the ideal upper lip is less full than the lower lip. I would not recommend doing anything to decrease the fullness of your upper lip as you have a very nice upper lip as is. You might consider adding a small amount of volume to your lower lip with dermal filler injection (lasts about 12 months) to provide more balance and improve the relative fullness of your upper: lower lip. This would need to be conservative though to prevent overfilling your lower lip. I hope this information is helpful.
Stephen Weber, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Lone Tree Facial Plastic Surgeon

 Yes, the ideal aesthetic lip ratio according to my book, on the aesthetics of beauty, called "What's Your Number The Palmer Code" is 3/4 upper to lower lip.  Your upper lip is larger than your lower and a lip reduction could be done on the upper lip.