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Direct incision or lip lift? (Photo)

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Dazzling8407Sep 7, 2024

Help me my upper lip and I wonder if I must really go abroad and get an advanced procedure. I do not want anything dramatic, but to get rid of the heaviness and get more normal proportion. Thank you so much for guidanance. I’ve had lip fillers I think caused it about ten years ago, and dissolved and cosmetic surgeons tell me there is nothing there then what is this ?

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