Why do some people who have lip injections end up looking like they have a hugely stretched out philtrums? What is going on here? I can think of several celebrities who's upper lips don't look right, as well as notice people on the street with hugely disproportionate philtrums. Is this caused by injecting too many times, improperly done injections, too much injected causing philtrum to stretch? Is this the result of having lip injections when younger, coupled with time, gravity, and age?
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As we age, the bone structure and soft tissues change in our face. The lips often loose their support and drop so adding volume or reshaping is not always the answer. During consultation, I invite patients to view their face structurally, rather than as we most often do, by the lines or the i...
Sometimes, the reason is that when the upper lip length (distance between the bottom of the nose and the top of the lips) is more than 1.5 cm, the upper and lower lips run into each other and with fillers the lips have no where to go but out.
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Lip augmentation could potentially be done before getting braces. However, It would be more prudent to delay the lip injection until AFTER the braces are placed. Lip trauma during the braces placement could make the lip to swell, and if lip filler is present,then the lip might swell up a lot
