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You are an excellent candidate for a lip lift. A lip lift does 4 things: shortens the distance between your nose and upper lip, increases the mucosa of the upper lip, increases the incisor show and pulls up the corners. Best Wishes,Gary Horndeski, M.D.
I'm not sure what it is that you don't like about your lower face either. I do however, think that a lip lift would look nice, giving you more "Pink Show" of your upper lip.
A lip lift can be done in a variety of different ways. In your case, I would excise more skin laterally and very little, if any, centrally. This will pull up the corners. Best Wishes, Gary Horndeski, M.D.
You are an excellent candidate for a chin implant. You can then consider a lip lift secondary, if needed. Best Wishes, Gary Horndeski, M.D.
The incision along the line of the upper lip is near what is called the white line of the upper lip. This is distorted and can look terrible. The lip lift I use makes the incision at the nose-lip junction and inside the nostril area then transversely at the columella of the upper lip. The...
Yes, you are a candidate for a lip lift. I would not recommend a corner lift at the same time. However, the corner lift will leave a scar that is highly visible. You are would be better off with an extension of the traditional lip lift with more skin removed laterally then centrally to pull...
Unfortunately, you have not provided photographs or told us the length. It is possible to do a lip lift to excise more laterally than centrally to pull up the corners. Best Wishes, Gary Horndeski, M.D.
I wouldn't typically recommend a surgical lip lift based on your photo. I typically recommend it for patients who have a long distance between the nose and upper lip, which is not present here. In my opinion, filler or fat transfer would be better options here.
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