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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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