Lip Enhancement - Dermal Fillers

This is a certain form of cosmetic surgery that’s purpose is to improve the appearance of lips by increasing their fullness. Beauty and youth are often desired and many people, especially women, will ensure both are maintained throughout their life. Properly maintaining one’s beauty can significantly increase self confidence. Much attention is given to the lips because, when combined with a smile, an elegant focal point of beauty is achieved. Procedural lip enhancement can reduce the tendency to develop overly prominent wrinkles and lines above the top lip. These developments on the lip or flaws are commonly referred to as “smoker’s lines”.

During the 1990s, there was much hype over surgical rejuvenation and cosmetic surgery. The procedure was becoming increasingly popular, with treatments being undertaken by large numbers of people. There have been many developments and advancement of techniques since then. Additionally, more products have been manufactured or developed to specifically to cater for the need of lip enhancement.

Injections can now be conducted with much more ease. This is largely due to the use extremely small gauge needles that are approximately as thick as a dozen human hairs. The needles are used to conveniently and painlessly inject derma fillers into the lip.

Some of the most recent techniques and substances being used for lip enhancement are fat transfer, arttecoll and restylane. Fat transfer involves moving fat from one part of the body to another. Artecoll is not widely used because it can have undesired side effects, such as nodules and small lumps. Restylane is a clear gel, reportedly very similar in constitution to hyaluronic acid, which is found naturally in the body. This substance is very popular because it lasts longer, normally six months to one year.

When well conducted, lip enhancement can have no to very minimal side effects. Overall, most of the patients that have undergone lip enhancement procedures have reported high levels of satisfaction and will consider doing it again.