Nares pulling down and elongating after lip lift, How great is this possibility as my nostrils are long and thin?
November 17, 2019
Asked By:higgles9999 in Te Kowhai, Waikato, New Zealand
I had a lip lift performed about 10 years ago and I require another. My nose was pulled slightly downwards and is a more elongated than before. I am worried this will get worse after a second lip lift. How great is this possibility as my nostrils are long and thin?
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You seem to be an appropriate candidate for a lip lift to shorten you philtrum (distance between upper lip & nose base) to balance your overall face proportions. Having said that, your dental show with mouth relaxed should be properly assessed before getting a lip lift done. This is one of the...
Any surgery, even under local anesthesia, should not be done during pregnancy. Even if the risks are quite low, I always advise my patient to wait with their elective surgeries until they give birth & finish nursing.
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Piotr Osuch
There are several problems with an Italian Lip Lift. The chief problem being the lack of tension distribution along the subnasale which results in less favorable scars. Also, the central portion is not lifted which is exactly the portion which needs to be lifted for a shorter philtrum and more...
