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I dreamed of bigger, more proportion lips for years now

UPDATED FROM Cute191511
3 months post

2 months and a half direct liplift update.

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Hello everyone!
It’s been almost 3 months now.
My scar around my lips is bigger in the middle and a bit in the side for the upper lip. For the bottom lip the scar wasn’t all along the lips, it is in the middle without the corners. The scar here is bigger in the centre too but as it curls down it’s not really visible.
The scar is whitening but as I massage it with cream it regain some pink in it (more in the centre upper part).
I noticed that my upper lip isn’t centred and one side is going more down than the other which is higher. I can see it in pictures, in real life it’s not really visible so I’m not mad about it.
My coordinate Derya ask me some photos to see the process, so I sent her pics and told her it wasn’t centred and one side higher than the other. Then she ask the surgeon and he told me to buy scaring cream at the pharmacy and when it will be completely healed if I want I can go back to Istanbul and he can retouch it with local anaesthesia. I’m glad they consider how I’m scaring after the surgery and propose me a solution for it and not just deny it and let me live with it. Good point for them here.
So I’ve put the scaring cream and massage it. I brought cicalfate from Avène, I don’t know if it’s good or not (the pharmacologist give it to my mom as I wasn’t there) we’ll see with time but I can see some improvement for massaging it (I can’t really tell for the cream for now), some blood vessels appeared into the middle part of the scar (where it was more withering and bumpier) yay!
I still can’t smile with a big smile and show my teeth a lot but it’s ok, it’s not bothering me (and before I had a bit of a gummy smile so it definitely doesn’t bother me at all).
As I said in my previous post I had piercings (above the middle part of upper lip and below the bottom lip in the middle) so maybe those bumps I had previously made my scar looking bigger (as he cut just in it leaving a bit of a bump), but I don’t know, I suppose it did something to the scar. I talked a lot too and I think this stretched my scar, this is why I don’t have the V shape in the vermillion just as after the surgery.
But anyways here is my scar and I just let the time heal it properly, massaging it will improve it I think so I’m hopeful and as I can’t see that the upper lips is going down from a side in real life I’m ok with the shape for now, we’ll see with time if I need to correct it or not. Hope for the good!
I put more pictures for you to see how is it now.

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Ufuk Askeroglu, MD

Ufuk Askeroglu, MD

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Thank you for the updated pics it’s really helpful and really looks lovely on you
I just don’t see nothing anywhere about direct lip lifts online so it’s good to see x
Thank you for your support! I was looking for reviews before too and there isn’t a lot for sure I can’t agree more with you! I always like to share my experiences for people that might be interesting in it and I think it’s kind of reassuring to know better the procedure and the things that awaits you if you’re willing to do the same. :)
What does it look like when you smile with teeth?
Oh sorry didn’t saw your comment! So it was a bit difficult to smile at first because of the scar but with time it’s ok I can put some update if you’re interested.
UPDATED FROM Cute191511
1 month post

updates on my first post.

I put a comment on my first post but I will post it as an other post as it’s not really visible in the comments section.

I wanted to add a bit more here.
For the first appointment I was a bit scared, and stressed because I flew to Istanbul, Turkey, in an other country with people that didn’t talk my first language. I came alone with anyone, so it was a bit of all feelings here, I was between excitement, scarceness, and shyness so I forgot a bit about what to ask him.
I forgot to ask about the shapes of the chin implant and how is it put in, like with screws or how? I told them my chin is going a bit forward sometimes because of the gap between my teeth so they told me they will put a small chin implant. And the scar is under the chin. It surprised me a bit because some surgeon do the incision in the mouth to be scarless, as he do Bella eyes in endoscopic and with an incision in the hair to not be visible it was a bit surprising to me but anyways I didn’t say anything. (I’m a shy person sometimes..)
I forgot to precise that I wanted my eyes to be as much as possible lifted up in almond eyes..
I don’t say my eyes are bad, they are nice and pretty but as it goes day by day it is going down, it’s not bad at all because it’s more natural than before but I’m afraid it will go down more and I will not see so much difference than before.. I hope my eyes are now settled and will stay like they are now because they are natural and pretty. Time will tell. Hope for the good! But overall it’s a good experience. I will update more.

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Hi, thank you for sharing your experience I just had direct lip lift 10 days ago, can I ask what the scar is like now without any lipstick on? And if your lip does drop after a while as I feel mine stil higher than I would like thank you
Hi it’s been 2 month now so it doesn’t drop at all. The scaring is in healing process so now the scar is withering, the scar is bigger in the centre for both bottom and upper lips. In the side of the upper lip you can feel it too and see it too.
I will update with more pics and show how it is now.
Hi thank you for replying, yes seeing pics would be great I only got my top done but it’s exact same shape as yours on pics 8 & 10 I’m on day 11 post but done in uk,
Sorry I didn’t mean drop but as you can move your mouth more and get skin laxity it settles more and not as inflated
But I just have dark outline at moment and not many wrinkles in my lip have come back just yet x
Yes your wrinkles will come back with time, mine are already here. I can talk normally and smile but not as wide as before for now. I put an update you can see some pictures. Have you write a review about yours? I would love to know about your journey too. :)
Sorry I have only just seen these comments, I will have to put mine up with pictures to as there definitely isn’t any anywhere except yours and it’s so helpful, I think the bullhorn is the most common lip lift now but hoping after healing this is the better option but can see why not many do decide on this due to how long it takes to heal :-( Yes my wrinkles are coming back now am 22 days post op so looking more natural just it’s tight and sore around the rim and I massage use scar cream since 14 days xx
UPDATED FROM Cute191511
1 month post

Direct lip lift update.

My lips are healing well, it’s more of a round shape now, more of what I wanted so it’s good.
I had previously (4 years ago now) a lip tattoo that wasn’t so well done so this is why it’s more coloured on the outer part of my lips.
I still can’t smile a lot or laugh but it isn’t painful.
I put aquafor on my lips and on the scars and I see improvements. You can buy it in pharmacy. I had piercings on the top and bottom lips so when he did the lip lift they disappeared (he cut just above the hole) but I had still a bump where was the start of the piercing (the piecing did me like a bump even before any surgery), so the ointment (aquafor) is really helpful because these bumps as less visible. I put some pictures.

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Where are the incisions done? Thank you
Around the top lip and in the bottom lip too but just in the center part.
You had given me your email couple weeks ago, I emailed you but I don't think you saw it
Sorry I didn’t saw it! I send you the email!