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Can I improve the asymmetry of my upper lip? (Photo)

Kind990682Feb 11, 2022
In 1995 I had a lip augmentation using a strip of skin taken from my groin area. This left me with a protruding upper lip. I received an unsatisfactory lip reduction in late 2020. I have asymmetry, have lost my cupid's bow, and my teeth do not show when I smile. I know I can never have my original lip back, but I am wondering if improvement can be made in what I am left with. I want to cry every day.

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Yannis Alexandrides, MD, FACS

This appearance of the upper lip is a genetic trace. Some people have just a small cleft, some people don't have it all, and some people like you have a deeper cleft. In my opinion, after looking at the pictures, dermal fillers are not enough to eliminate that, therefore indeed, surgery would...

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It appears that you show more of upper lip mucosa when smiling, than desired. Small reduction, in local anesthesia, with scar placed inside of mouth, is recommended. Good luck.

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Steven J. Pearlman, MD, FACS

You did not show your face without smiling. For most patients, to show more teeth with smiling and help evert (roll out) your upper lip, as you do with your finger in the second photo, a lip lift will achieve just that. You should see someone with a lot of experience with lip lifts. It is not...

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