Lip Lift. Washington, DC

Thanks!

You are welcome. I think it is important for folks on RealSelf to post at least one year post op. And I may be getting a second LL Feb 15th.

Wow! Good luck!

Thank you for your detailed posts of your journey over the last year! Your result is amazing and you should be so pleased. May I ask if you have chosen a surgeon for the second LL?

Yes, I chose a doctor in Boston. I did a second review of that LL

That was caused by Dr Baker.

Dr. baker did your corner lift? Sorry—just a little confused. You look great!

No, the corner lift was done by Haworth. I guess i didn't know what divot you meant.

Thanks. If I do a second upper lip lift, I will keep you guys updated. Plastic surgery can be scary and the pursuit of a better outcome, after a good outcome, can sometimes prove disastrous. (The old, "Leave well enough alone" philosophy.) But still, I feel pulled to perhaps try again.

I look forward to your updates if you choose to undergo another lift. Have you been open about your procedure with people u know? What has the general reaction like? Did people compliment you with things like "weight loss" etc unable to attribute the change to LL ? thanks

I did twice NO REGRETS

It was obvious for about 8 months that I had done something in my lip area. But at the 1 year mark, I saw some people I hadn't seen in a few years. Their first remark when they saw me was, "OMG, You look 10 years old!" I didn't understand at first what she was talking about. She said, "Trust me, that's a compliment." I am sure she didn't understand what was different. No one else who's seen me after this procedure has said anything. So either they didn't notice a difference or, if they did, didn't want to point it out. I'll be seeing some people I haven't seen since high school in January. It will be interesting to see what -- if anything-- they say. I honestly think I look at little "done". Not perfectly natural. But that is from procedures I did before the LL but in that area. Before I had this done, people guessed I was in my 40s. The lip lift took off another 5 or so years. (Although I shared a full face picture with another RealSelf person and she thought the LL made me look 20 years younger.)

Oh did you?? Can we see any pics? I'm scared I'll get overdone if I go for a second one.

Yes, all the doctors who have seen Dr Baker's scar said he did a great job.

I agree beautiful.

I, too, show the muscles in the upper lip when I speak. It improved a little after the surgery but also seemed to shift where the movement was taking place.

I agree.

Thanks. I am still on the fence about doing it a second time, to be honest. I do think it would look better but darn, the healing is so long and I am in the process of looking for a new job. Hard to imagine going on an interview post surgery and still healing.

I had a consult with fat transfer expert Dr Sydney Coleman today and he mentioned that my lips would look more harmonious with a fat transfer to my lower lip, which would balance my upper lip which r is a little bigger than my lower as a result of the various things I have done. As we know, beautiful natural lips have a lower lip that is a little larger than the upper.

Is there any reason you didn't have Doctor h do the lower by (or whatever they call it).

Thanks, JMG. Dr Haworth had suggested just a 4mm reduction on top of what I have now. But you are right, there are risks and perhaps I should consider myself lucky that I have an ok outcome now and leave well enough alone.

Thank you, dear.