Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 30 years old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 30-year-old woman came to our practice with the desire to improve the appearance of her lips and smile; she was bothered by her upper lip “disappearing” at the sides and corners of her mouth, and found filler treatments did not improve this. Our expert facial plastic surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman treated her with a bilateral (both-sided) corner lip lift, performing this surgical procedure in the comfort of our office, with the help of by-mouth relaxing medications, laughing gas, and injectable numbing medicine.
The patient is shown 1 year after her corner lip lift, with a beautiful outcome and essentially invisible scarring. She has a more uniform appearance to her upper lip, and improved balance to her mouth and smile. The red part of the upper lip (where lipstick is normally applied) looks fuller after treatment, without the addition of fillers or volume.