Am I candidate for lip lift procedure? (photos)

Hello Brooke66,Thanks for your question.A lip lift is typically used to shorten the height of the lip from the base of the nose to the vermillion border of the lip.  Various incisions can be used for this.  In my opinion, you don't really have to wait for the filler to completely...

An upper lip lift can certainly improve the visibility of teeth during when the mouth is open, however without images of you with resting face and during smile it is difficult to determine whether this is the right procedure for you. Do seek a consultation with a surgeon experienced in this...

What you are describing is being recognized more and more by the general population (and plastic surgeons, hopefully) as one of those "signs that you can reveal your true age", just like the hands. Lifting the lower lip is still one of the confounding problems yet to be fully and reliably solved...

Our office has many different treatments for scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Scars require a combination approach using our HI DEF protocol which uses a combination of lasers, topical scar modulation, and RF treatments to pixelate scars, improve contour, reduce...

Thank you for your question. Yes, a lip lift procedure can be carried out on African American patients however it is worth discussing with your operating surgeon how wounds have healed in the past as this will indicate how the subnasal scar would look darker than a patient with a paler skin tone...

Thank you for your question. At the age of 16 I would advise against plastic surgery, you are still growing and your appearance will continue to change over the course of the next few years. Your lips are full and have great symmetry, I would not suggest altering with surgery.