Lip Lift - Never Too Late for Improvements! - Sarasota, FL

It i a final coundown! I am scheduled for a lip lift surgery on Tuesday, August 18th - very excited, but also a bit concerned if the results will be noticeable enough. I am 66 and I was always dreaming about a raised upper lip, i wish that I knew earlier that there is a surgery for this.

The distance between the bottom of my nose and top of my cupid bow is 17 mm, my doctor said that he will remove 5 mm. I am a bit worried that this might be not enough. Because I know that soon after surgery, the lip will fall down a bit. But then again, I would rather have removed too little skin than too much.

I had several botox procedures done, raising my upper lift, with slightly visible improvement, but hope that the surgery will give me more dramatic results.

Will keep you posted about my pre and post surgery.
I am posting a few "before" pictures.

Your suggestions and comments will be highly appreciated!

Had my surgery done today, siz hours ago or so, everything went great and I am very VERY pleased with results. And I must thank this website and all participants for sharing your stories.

I noticed quite frequently expressed, that 5 mm lift is not noticeable - some even said not worth the cost and pain and the trouble, and I rralized that this would be the case with me. I know my doctor is rather conservative and his surgery makes you look better but no one knows why. I decided to meet with him before the surgery and asked him to be more daring - basically asked him to remove as much as he can with concern if anyone will notice that I had it done, yet still not too much, so that it looks natural. He promised that he will do it.

And he did - he said he removed 8 mm. I am so glad I pushed for it, because I can see now that 5mm would not make me happy!

Full report:
I was scheduled to arrive at the Center For Sight at 11 am - no food after midnight, no drink, not even water after 9 am, by the time surgery started at 12:30 or so I was quite hungry. I was prepped by nurses on the hospital bed, getting ready for the IV. Getting hooked up to monitors, tons of questions about my medical surgery etc. - I was going to be IV-sedated, which means put to sleep, but breathing on my own. Asleep but without full anesthesia. Just before falling asleep I had a last little talk with doctor, who also numbed the area aroud my nose, but this I barely that.

When I woke up, I was already seated in the chair, everything was over, my husband was already next to me - we were getting discharged. Pain was rather minimal - just kindy of a stingy feeling at the bottom of my nose, and numbness around. I had no dressing, no bandaides.

But on the way home, about 20 minut drive, the pain become more prominent, but nothing horrendes. I took a prescribed pain killed at home, didn't help right away, but now, 5 hours later I feel no pain at all, just a bit sore.

I was instructed to use ice pack every 20 minut for 20 minutes today and tomorrow and every few hours apply neosphorin to the wound. It was oozing some blood but very little, almost gone. Still a bit dripping now - on the left side, under my nostrill.

So far zero bruising - hopefully it will stay this way!
I am attaching some pictures from today - and a shot of me before the surgery;

Today I woke up with my upper ip very very swollen - it looked like I robbed all Kardashian sisters lips and rolled them all into mine :) I took this picture at 12 noon, after some swelling went down. It was much bigger in the morning.

Surprisingly still no bruising, although I slept normally in bed. I was told to sleep in the up position, in recliner, to avoid bruising, but at 2 am I just couldn't handle it any longer and went to bed.

The incesion is healing very well, some barely there oozing.
I see no infections or complications.

No pain at all - just a little itching, butI know it is a sign of healing.
I took only two pain killers yesterday - that's all!