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Is it possible to reduce length of the upper lip/philtrum in orthognathic surgery? Or any other, excluding lip lift (Photo)

Hi! I'm a male patient, 24 yo. Distance between my nasal base and mouth bothers me, at the same time I consider my upper lip big enough and I definitely wouldn't want to enlarge it through a lip lift. For information only, I'm currently (after pic) in orthodontic treatment because I have a slight class 3 profile, although my jaw body is short as shown by cephalometry (which also showed a long upper lip). It is possible to shorten this philtrum length at an orthognathic surgery? (or another way)

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