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Lip Enhancement and Facial Line and Fold Filling
Goal: to improved the appearance and
size of your lips; to fill facial lines and folds to minimize the
signs of aging.
A more youthful face is rounder
and fuller. Most of us want an attractive smile, and this includes
attractive full lips. We also want to fill in deep lines that come
with frowning or aging of the face. Some lips are full while
others are thin and underdeveloped, often due to heredity or the
process of aging. As we age, lips become smaller and thinner.
While there are many procedures designed to improve lips, none are
perfect and few are permanent. Collagen, Juvéderm or your own body
fat can be used to plump lips, to fill your upper lip-cheek fold
and to soften the lines between your eyebrows. Collagen is a
temporary fix, lasting a few months, while fat injections can
produce permanent results and Juvéderm may last 8 months or more.
Other solid fillers such as Gore-Tex® are available, but use of
these may lead to complications such as infection, hardness and
rejection and Dr. Yarinsky prefers not to use them.
Lips can also be enhanced by
reducing the vertical wrinkles of the skin around the lip by
skin
resurfacing methods such as Ultra-Pulse Laser Resurfacing. It is
often a better choice to treat the surface of the skin with the
laser to improve fine wrinkle lines than by injecting the lips and
line. The results of
Laser Resurfacing
to treat fine wrinkle lines
can be spectacular! Healing can vary from hours (injectables) to
several weeks (implant or
laser resurfacing).
NOTE
The specific risks and the suitability of this procedure for you
can be determined only at the time of your consultation with
Dr Yarinsky. All surgical procedures have some degree of risk. Minor
complications that do not affect the outcome occur occasionally.
Major complications are unusual. Most people are very happy with
the results but no specific result can be guaranteed.
This procedure is done at our JCAHO
accredited office facility.
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