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Lip Lift Warning
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Lip Lift Warning
I regret having a lip lift, or at least the RESULT of my lip lift.
It is not a procedure for everyone. It requires METICULOUS planning and a surgeon who takes great care in stitching. (Better yet, use a surgeon who uses surgical glue)
Please stay away from a surgeon who insists he knows the right distance or amount to remove!
I had a very long philtrum 2.1 cm. The surgeon wanted to remove 9mm. I said it was too much. He said he does lips lifts all the time and he “knows best” what makes facial balance. He ended up taking away 8mm (he said “7.5mm” but really, how do you measure 0.5mm?? give me a break!)
Too much was taken. My smile is extra gummy and toothy. I need to raise my lower lip to close my mouth now.
My nasal base is definitely wider, my nose now looks very wide and too long for my face.
I didn’t want a lip lift for lip eversion, tooth show, or bigger lips. I only wanted the long distance to be shorter, less aging.
The surgeon basically ascribed a formulaic solution for me- a “one-size-fits-all” lip to nose distance that looks wrong for my face.
My face is out of balance and this procedure has resulted in an unnatural result.
BEWARE:
-Scars in this area of the face can’t be improved by Fraxel, CO2, microneedling.
I have had them all done and two dermatologists and one plastic surgeon have told me that scars in that area can’t be fixed without surgically revising.
- I had a horrible result: one side of my scar dips well below the line under the nostril. My scar on the side is atrophic and pulled. Probably due to tension from too much removed. There’s NO improving it, I can’t have a revision because too much was taken, I don’t want more taken away, and I don’t want to risk making the good side worse (I would have to revise both sides for symmetry).
-There is no remedy/reversing this procedure if too much is taken
-If you have a downturned mouth, do NOT get a lip lift. More is taken in the middle and it makes a downturned mouth even more downturned and it made my marionette lines more prominent.
- I went to a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, not a discount hack.
If you still want this procedure, I would see a physician who is meticulous and conservative: Dr. Ben Talei, Dr. Amy Hsu, Dr. Pearson, Dr. Rodriguez
It is not a procedure for everyone. It requires METICULOUS planning and a surgeon who takes great care in stitching. (Better yet, use a surgeon who uses surgical glue)
Please stay away from a surgeon who insists he knows the right distance or amount to remove!
I had a very long philtrum 2.1 cm. The surgeon wanted to remove 9mm. I said it was too much. He said he does lips lifts all the time and he “knows best” what makes facial balance. He ended up taking away 8mm (he said “7.5mm” but really, how do you measure 0.5mm?? give me a break!)
Too much was taken. My smile is extra gummy and toothy. I need to raise my lower lip to close my mouth now.
My nasal base is definitely wider, my nose now looks very wide and too long for my face.
I didn’t want a lip lift for lip eversion, tooth show, or bigger lips. I only wanted the long distance to be shorter, less aging.
The surgeon basically ascribed a formulaic solution for me- a “one-size-fits-all” lip to nose distance that looks wrong for my face.
My face is out of balance and this procedure has resulted in an unnatural result.
BEWARE:
-Scars in this area of the face can’t be improved by Fraxel, CO2, microneedling.
I have had them all done and two dermatologists and one plastic surgeon have told me that scars in that area can’t be fixed without surgically revising.
- I had a horrible result: one side of my scar dips well below the line under the nostril. My scar on the side is atrophic and pulled. Probably due to tension from too much removed. There’s NO improving it, I can’t have a revision because too much was taken, I don’t want more taken away, and I don’t want to risk making the good side worse (I would have to revise both sides for symmetry).
-There is no remedy/reversing this procedure if too much is taken
-If you have a downturned mouth, do NOT get a lip lift. More is taken in the middle and it makes a downturned mouth even more downturned and it made my marionette lines more prominent.
- I went to a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, not a discount hack.
If you still want this procedure, I would see a physician who is meticulous and conservative: Dr. Ben Talei, Dr. Amy Hsu, Dr. Pearson, Dr. Rodriguez
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