Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 42 years old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 42-year-old woman was bothered by her overly long upper lip, and felt this hid too much of her smile. She wanted to improve the appearance of her lips and lower face both at rest and with smiling. Our expert facial plastic surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman treated her with a bullhorn upper 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 7 months after her lip lift, with a beautiful outcome and essentially invisible scarring. She has a more open and “brighter” smile, and her upper lip is now more balance with her lower lip. The red part of the upper lip (where lipstick is normally applied) looks a little bit fuller after treatment, without the addition of fillers or volume.