Botox Lip Flip: The process itself is simple — just 4 units across the upper lip.

During one of my visits, Dr. Alex and I talked about my lip situation (hah) and the different options available to add fullness. What I love about him is that he always suggests starting with something conservative and then building from there if needed. In my case, I opted to try a lip flip before trying filler — it’s fairly inexpensive, is the most conservative option, and if you don’t like it, it wears off much faster than filler.

The process itself is simple — just 4 units across the upper lip. The most annoying part is that for a few days after, your lip feels VERY strange. For me, it was almost like being numb from the dentist, making it hard to do things like put on lip balm or rub my lips together. That being said, that’s a totally normal and expected sensation, and it does go away after a couple of days.

As for the results, they are very subtle. It’s only been a week since I had it done, and Botox can take up to two weeks for full effect, but I have a feeling this is pretty close to the finished product. You can see in my after picture that my upper lip is slightly upturned, and casts a tiny little shadow that makes it appear fuller. It also looks softer — I’m generally a very tense person, including the muscles in my face, so the Botox has made my mouth look less severe. I’m overall very pleased with the result, and I’m glad Dr. Alex suggested trying this before going straight to fillers.

I should also note, for anyone comparing my photos, that I had a couple of units placed at the outer, bottom corners of my mouth at the same time to relax some marionette lines that have started. So the slight upturn at the corners of my mouth are from that, not from the lip flip.

Just wanted to add one last picture, now that it’s been a full two weeks, to show the finished product. As you can see, it’s not dramatically different from last week’s, but definitely a difference from before.