Reducing the length of philtrum? (Photos) (photo)

You appear to have an obtuse nasolabial angle which exposes your entire philtrum. Since you have nostril show on front view, lip-lift could result in visible scars, and may increase the pink-show of your upper lip. Nasal lengthening surgery may be considered, but this may be a difficult task to achieve, and your thin skin may not be forgiving to irregularities that may occur after rhinoplasty surgery. Hope this helps. Dr Joseph

A lip lift is the appropriate procedure to shorten a long philtrum. But it does come with the trade-off of making the central upper lip slightly fuller. As long as the philtral reduction is not overdone, the amount of upper lip volume increase is not usually excessive.

You might consider getting some juvederm put in your upper lip line to give you a little lift. This may give the appearance of shortening your lip without putting scars on your face to accomplish this goal.