I always hated the big gap between my nose and my lips. when I was 20 years old,I always lifted my lips with a pencil, imagining how great it could have looked! Now the lip lift is finally out and it's my dream to get it down. I asked few doctors about lips reductions, how can i remove it? Very good docs here in Beverly Hills told me that it's not worth to do this kind of procedure. That my tooth will show and silicone injections can't be removed any suggestions?
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Gregarious702860,You can mess around with lip lift surgeries but you more likely need orthognathic surgery. A craniofacial specialized plastic surgeon or maxillofacial surgeon should be able to determine the cause of your tooth show and develop a treatment plan.Good luck,Nirmal R. Nathan, M.D.
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You will ultimately need to decide if a lip lift is worth the cost, but you do appear to be a good candidate. Look through photos of people's work and try to find someone who may resemble your appearance for a sense of what your result might look like. Your philtrum is likely about 17-18mm and ...
There are surgical and non-surgical approaches to lip augmentation. Non-surgical approaches include botox (slight lift, reducing gum show) and filler (volume restoration). Surgically, you can have two separate incisions under the nose (italian), one incision under the nose (bull horn), one...
