Lip Lift with Valentine Procedure - Panama City, FL

On the morning of surgery, my ps again looked closely at the thick bulged area under my nose. He said he was having reservations about the bullhorn lip lift because the outcome could be unpredictable; perhaps an unnaturally rolled out upper lip. He has done quite a few lip lifts, and I appreciated his cautious approach. He suggested that we proceed with the Valentine corner lift, CO2 laser in the lower face, and radiesse into the lip edges and assess the result. Although I was disappointed that my overly long philtrum would not be corrected, I agreed we should play it safe. I plan to investigate this further and seek additional opinions.
I did go through with the suggested procedures and will post a photo soon. I won't have the cute, feminine look that many on here have achieved with a lip lift, but hopefully there will be an improvement for the time being that will detract from the issue.

Yesterday I had my pre-op consultation with Dr. Ceydeli. After examining my face, he wrote down "conservative lip lift" in his notes without any prompting from me. He acknowledged that the distance has become too long, but when considering my facial features he feels that an aggressive reduction could cause the center of the lip to look oddly pulled up and out of place, even with the valentine corner lift to help level things. He noted that I have a slightly bulged area right under my nose and would see about addressing that. There will be dissolvable sutures inside, and external ones that will be removed at one week. No muscle will be cut. The surgery will be done with local numbing, even my brow lift. I feel good about this because I don't want to be hooked up to an IV and knocked out with anesthesia, and dependent on someone to make sure I'm getting oxygen. It will be safer this way and recovery will be easier. I think he said the lip and corner lift would take about an hour. Oh, and he will be injecting radiesse into the lip edges and philtrum for aesthethics, to add definition, not overall volume.

I had braces late in life for over 2 years, and when they were taken off it seemed that the distance between my nose and upper lip had been stretched longer. I measure about 20 mm, and to me this gives an unattractive appearance. The plastic surgeon said that a lip lift would pull up only the middle of the lip and create a downward frown, and strongly recommended a valentine procedure at the same time to lift the corners. Although I am fearful of scars, I believe he is correct. The surgery is scheduled for 15 February. I am having a brow lift at the same time, and may cover this in a separate review.