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Thank-you for your question! I do not restrict a gentle social smile after a lip reduction procedure. Excess movement and laughing can cause strain on the lip and suture line and should be avoided for a couple of weeks, depending on your comfort. Please ask your Plastic surgeon and her/his protocol and follow it. All the best!
Thanks for your question and the photos your provided. It appears your filler or fat has migrated. I would first dissolve all the filler placed, as this is more common to have migrated. After the filler is gone, make sure you consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon to determine next steps...
Thanks for your question and the photos your provided. I do appreciate the asymmetry. I would have you consider filler/fat to the lower right lip to help achieve a better result rather than a reduction. Make sure you consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon. Good luck.
Typically, the upper lip should be about 2/3 the size of the lower lip although that is not an absolute and personal preferences can affect your choices. A lip reduction or reduction cheiloplaslty is an outpatient procedure that can be done under local anesthesia or with sedation. The incisions...
The only way to shorten your philtrum, is todo lip lift. This will require a scar underneath the nose, which may be very visible in your case? You should start with lip reduction, wait for 6 months plus until result matures and reevaluate your needs. Good luck.
Don't do it. You will regret it later in life (or even right off the bat). You have very nice lips already. Just because someone might agree to do it doesn't mean you should.
Based on these photos, you seem like a candidate for partial upper lip reduction to achieve more symmetry. Your smile does not show teeth and for that reason you should also consider lip lift. In person consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon with experience in this type of surgery...
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