I've had 2 people put filler in my naturally VERY thin lips and i got the same result from both of them - The corners and sides of my mouth remain sunken in. They can plump the centers okay, but the outer half-inch of the lips remain very thin and the corners so sunken in the my lipstick bleeds out the corners constantly. I have to keep wiping away the lipstick that collects there, and i don't like the "Betty-Boop" look of pouty in the center only, skinny on the sides. What is going wrong here?
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I quite often place topical anesthetics over the areas that I treat. Most patients are very comfortable after this is performed. As the injection is performed, their is local anesthetic in the material and this eases the discomfort as well.
Fillers actually lift the tissues of the face by restoring volume which is lost with aging. This is especially true when injected into the mid face below the eyes and around the upper cheeks and temples. Also they help to pull the skin back when injected in the area in front of the...
