Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 29 years old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 29-year-old woman wanted to rejuvenate and balance the appearance and balance of her lower face and lips. She disliked what she saw as a too-long upper lip, and had previously and successfully tried to treat this with lip filler injections. She came in for a customized consultation, and our Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman recommended a surgical lip lift to treat her concerns. The central upper lip lift (also called a bullhorn lip lift) helps improve this patient’s smile and make the lower face look less heavy.
Our patient is shown 4 months after upper lip lift surgery, and has a natural-appearing and elegant result. She has a noticeable improvement in her lip and facial balance, and shows excellent healing. Her lip lift scar is healing well, and is essentially imperceptible. Our patient is also shown here just 3 days after her surgery and immediately after suture removal.
Lip lift surgery is an excellent treatment for help improve facial balance and shorten an upper lip which commonly becomes longer and more heavy with age. Lip lift surgery by itself is most commonly an office-based surgical procedure in our practice; we also commonly combine with out facial rejuvenation treatments such as a facelift and blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery).