Small changes to the lips can noticeably affect your facial balance and overall appearance. Recognized as one of the Best Facial Surgeons in the Maryland & Washington, DC, area, Dr. Sheilah A. Lynch, MD, understands that your lips are a prominent feature of your face; achieving a natural result requires precision, careful planning, and specialized facial plastic surgery expertise.
Are You Considering A Customized Lip Lift Procedure For A More Balanced, Youthful Appearance?
Genetics play a major role in your facial appearance, including your lip size and shape. Many patients inherit a thinner upper lip or a longer distance between the base of their nose and mouth. A custom lip lift, performed by board-certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. Sheilah A. Lynch, subtly reduces the distance between your nose and upper lip, allowing more of the pink inner section of your lip to roll outwards, creating a fuller upper lip and a fresh, youthful when looking at your mid-face.
A lip lift is a lip augmentation surgery that elevates the position of your upper lip. It is performed to shorten the distance between your nose and upper lip, correct a downward-sloping mouth, and create a more youthful and relaxed smile.
There are two types of lip lift procedures: for the best aesthetic results, Dr. Lynch may perform either or both. These are:
- Upper lip lift
This procedure shortens the distance of the skin between the base of your nose and the upper lip. It reveals more of your teeth and increases the amount of pink lip tissue that shows to create fuller, more youthful-looking lips.
- Corner lip lift
This surgical technique can be performed alone or combined with an upper lip lift. It corrects downturned lip corners and involves only the edges of your mouth.
Imagine fuller lips that last for years. Many people think the only option for beautiful, full lips is lip fillers, which require repeated injections. Dr. Sheilah A. Lynch offers lip lift surgery to enhance your lips for years to come.
An upper lip lift is an advanced surgical technique that corrects and reshapes the appearance of the upper lip to enhance the vermilion border and overall lip volume. It effectively shortens the distance between the top of your lip and the bottom of your nose. Combined with subtle fat grafting, Dr. Sheilah A. Lynch can reshape your lips with a lip lift and inject your own body fat to naturally add fullness.
The Benefits:
- Give your lips a fuller and more proportionate smile
- Improve the shape and length of your lips
- Improve the symmetry and overall balance
- Reduce the signs of aging around the mouth
- By shortening the length of the upper lip between the nose and mouth, your mid face will look alot younger
- Improve the thinness and lines by fat grafting
The most important thing to know about lip lift surgery is that it is permanent. Lip lift surgery is a procedure that shortens the distance between your nose and the upper lip (the philtrum), rather than simply adding volume.
- Bullhorn lip lift (subnasal lip lift): This is the most common lip lift surgery.
Incision: Dr. Lynch will make a horn-shaped incision hidden along the nose's natural base and creases.
Tissue Removal: Dr. Lynch will then remove a small, measured strip of skin and underlying tissue.
Repositioning: The upper lip is lifted and sutured in place, rolling out the pink lip tissue (vermilion) and defining the Cupid's bow without adding artificial filler volume.
- Central lip lift: Dr. Lynch will make one incision at the base of your nose to lift the center of your upper lip (The Cupid’s bow).
- Corner lip lift: This type of lip lift surgery elevates the corners of your mouth into a slight smile. This is ideal for patients with downturned or drooping lips. Dr. Lynch sometimes performs a combination lip augmentation that uses the corner lip lift technique with another lip lift procedure.
- Gullwing lip lift (direct lip lift): Dr. Lynch will make an incision along the border of your upper lip in the shape of a flying seagull. This creates a more defined top lip.
- Italian lip lift: This procedure is very natural and subtler than the bullhorn lift. It involves two incisions at each nostril. However, it doesn’t lift the center of the lip.
- V to Y lip lift (V-Y advancement): Dr. Lynch will make an incision in the shape of a letter V and then close the incision in the shape of the letter Y.
Recovery from lip lift surgery is usually five to seven days of visible swelling and bruising. Most patients feel comfortable returning to work and social activities within one to two weeks.
During the first week, patients should expect their upper lip to look swollen and possibly bruised, with tightness that gradually resolves. If used, stitches are typically removed within a week. Most patients can resume light exercise after two weeks and return to full activities within three to four weeks, with the scar fully healing over several months.
Lip lift surgery results are permanent. The procedure removes tissue and alters structural balance, which does not reverse over time.
While aging will eventually affect your lip appearance, the proportional improvement surgery provides will not change. You can expect your enhanced lip definition to stay indefinitely, making the lip lift a one-time investment in permanent facial youth restoration.
The most common technique is the subnasal, or "bullhorn," lip lift, which removes a small, measured strip of skin hidden along the natural creases at the base of your nose.
It is permanent: Unlike cosmetic fillers, which require regular touch-ups and can migrate into a "duck lip" look, a lip lift provides a natural permanent structural change.
A surgical lip lift can improve visible signs of facial aging by enhancing the appearance of the upper lip. Signs of lip aging and around the mouth are a long upper lip, downturned corners of the mouth, the upper lip covering the upper teeth, or smoker’s lines. These changes with aging may cause an unwanted older appearance.
The Benefits of a Lip Lift
While cosmetic fillers can create a natural-looking lip enhancement for many patients, some do not want an artificial-looking appearance. Surgical lip lift can discreetly restore one’s facial appearance with long-term results and the following benefits:
Improved Lip Shape- Whether genetics or aging has left your upper lip lacking fullness or definition, a lip lift can address this by shortening the space between your nose and upper lip. This enhancement isn’t just about volume; it’s about creating a balanced, proportionate look that compliments your facial appearance.
Enhanced Smile- A lip lift can also significantly enhance your smile. By adjusting the upper lip’s position when you smile, it can give you a more engaging, attractive smile.
Youthful Appearance- As we age, the distance between our nose and upper lip can increase, making your face appear longer and older. A lip lift helps reverse this look by restoring a youthful balance to your mid-face.
Recovery – most patients return to their regular activities within a week. Temporary swelling and mild discomfort may occur for a few days and can be managed with over-the-counter pain medication. This quick recovery period makes a lip lift an attractive option for busy patients.
Long-Lasting Results A lip lift offers a lasting, cost-effective solution for facial improvement. Unlike cosmetic filler injections, which require regular touch-ups, a lip lift can last for many years with proper care.
Maryland’s Top Lip Lift Surgeon, Dr. Sheilah S. Lynch, offers various types of lip lift procedures, including a central lip lift, a lateral or corner lip lift, and lip enlargement (with filler or fat).
A Lip Flip is when Dr. Lynch injects muscle-relaxing injections (such as BOTOX) just above your top lip to relax it, soften muscle activity when you smile, and allow it to roll out slightly for the appearance of more lip fullness & height. This is a non-surgical lip flip injectables treatment.
A Surgical Lip Lift removes some skin between your upper lip and nose; this area is also called the philtrum. This procedure slightly reduces its height, revealing more of your upper lip and teeth, without the unnatural appearance fillers can create, also known as the duck look.
While both procedures cause upper lip to show more of the pink side, the results of lip lift surgery are vastly different from lip flip injections in that the injections relax the muscles around the upper lip, while Lip Lift Surgery shortens the distance between the upper lip and the nose permanently.
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