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Full, voluptuous lips have long been considered sexy. Years before<br />
Angelina Jolie, Marilyn Monroe’s puckered lips adorned in bright red<br />
lipstick set the standard for the feminine embouchement. Contrast<br />
that with other celebrity images of lips gone wrong like Lisa Rinna,<br />
who revealed the secret behind her overly plump lips as silicone. The<br />
fear of the “trout pout” or “duck lips” is a concern I must allay in<br />
any patient having lip augmentation. Just as I assure them, I can also<br />
assure you - lip augmentation can give you the fuller, voluptuous lips<br />
you want in a way that looks entirely natural. So if you want bigger, more beautiful lips,<br />
here is some good advice on how to go about it.<br />
Seek expert advice. Not everyone with a syringe is qualified<br />
to deliver the lips you want. There is definitely some art and<br />
science behind any treatment you receive and nowhere is that<br />
more true than with the lips. An intimate knowledge and preservation<br />
of the proper lip anatomy is the key to keeping your<br />
lips looking natural while growing in size. At a minimum, the<br />
person you entrust with your lips should be a board certified<br />
facial plastic surgeon, general plastic surgeon, or dermatologist<br />
who performs a lot of injectable and surgical treatments on the<br />
lips. As with any procedure, it is a good idea to see some before and after pictures first.<br />
Dwell on the details. The lips are complex anatomic structures that have different<br />
components. When I see a patient for lip augmentation, my discussion with them goes<br />
way beyond size. I routinely educate patients about the components of the lip like the<br />
white roll, philtral columns, and vermilion. Through this educational process and discussion<br />
I can determine whether the patient actually wants to make their lips bigger or rather<br />
just reshaped and more defined. Some patients simply want to reverse some of the aging<br />
Good Advice<br />
Want Voluptuous Lips Seek Expert Advice<br />
by Dr. James C. Marotta<br />
Not everyone with a syringe is qualified<br />
to deliver the lips you want. There is<br />
definitely some art and science behind<br />
any treatment you receive and nowhere<br />
is that more true than with the lips.<br />
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process in the lips, not make them bigger. You should talk about these details with any<br />
prospective doctor.<br />
Know what is going into your face or lips. I recently surgically removed silicone from<br />
a patient’s lips who told me that she had no idea what she had injected into her lips, but<br />
only that her girlfriend had the same procedure done by a non-physician in a salon and<br />
had “no problem.” In the news, a mid-western woman self- injected silicone she purchased<br />
on the internet into her face and lips causing permanent disfigurement. Make sure<br />
you sign an informed consent document that tells you what the substance being used in<br />
your augmentation is and what possible risks or side effects of the procedure might be.<br />
Try something temporary first. If you are considering lip<br />
augmentation, try non-surgical augmentation with a temporary<br />
filler first. Doing something temporary allows you to first<br />
try out your new lips and gauge if your provider can achieve the<br />
look you want. We now have very safe long-lasting fillers, like<br />
Juvederm, which work quite well in lip augmentation. Fillers are<br />
the best treatment to add definition to certain parts of the lips<br />
and they are also sometimes used in patients who have surgical<br />
lip augmentation with fat injections or V-Y advancement. Some<br />
patients actually elect to stick with fillers as their “permanent”<br />
solution for voluptuous lips.<br />
If you want permanent lip augmentation or change, know that there isn’t one<br />
“gold standard” procedure. Fat injections, V-Y lip advancement, lip implantation with<br />
dermal-fat-fascia or alloderm are all procedures that can permanently augment the lips.<br />
The choice of the procedure depends on your anatomy and the experience of your surgeon.<br />
Again, it is important in this situation to seek expert advice.<br />
For more information, visit www.MarottaMD.com or call 631-982-2022<br />
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