I had a beautiful smile but i wanted to reduce my philtrum. Since having a lip lift years ago, my lip no longer raises when i smile - it feels pasted down.) I had a 2nd lip lift to make my philtrum ultra short to compensate for this (9mm), but my smile still looks like this. Im only 25 and i feel it makes me look like a botoxed old lady. How can i fix this?
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Your photographs are somewhat limited as I cannot see the distance between the nose and upper lip. However, you may benefit from an eccentric lip lift. An eccentric lip lift does 4 things: shortens the distance between your nose and upper lip, increases the mucosa of the upper lip, increases...
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