Lip Augmentation – Creating Beautiful Lips
Beautiful lips are often cited as the foundation or pearl of true facial beauty. They are an important feature that characterizes our face and our interaction with others. Natural, youthful, and attractive lips can improve one’s self-confidence and influence how people perceive us and our smiles. The popularity of full, curvaceous, and shapely lips has dramatically increased over the last several years. In 2008, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than 1.1 million Hyalyronic Acid facial dermal injections were performed.
However, not every patient wants to have overly plump or highly enhanced lips as seen in many Hollywood actresses, but rather a natural or more subtle enhancement. Emphasis should be placed on putting the lips back in harmony with other facial features, such as the nose, cheeks, and chin.
Pre and Post-Injection Photos: Jeffrey D. Hoefflin, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Like most other facial features, the lips are subject to changes in the aging process. As we get older, dynamic mouth movements, loss of lip volume, and vertical lines can develop. These changes make you look older and more tired. Lost volume and less skin elasticity have dramatically increased the demand for such procedures as the “liquid facelift” and facial dermal filler injections. By restoring lost volume and redefining the pearls of the aging mouth, lip rejuvenation or lip enhancement becomes revealed.
Dr. Hoefflin performs lip augmentation through the selective use of Hyaluronic acids, such as Juvederm, Restylane, Alloderm, and Fat Grafting to restore lip volume, define the lip border, and fill in the super lines around the mouth. The result is a natural and shapely unique enhancement to your lips.
Los Angeles Juvederm:
Approved by the FDA, Juvederm is a Hyaluronic Acid (HA) dermal filler or injectable.
It’s popularity stems from it’s smooth and long-lasting correction in both lip augmentation and filling of facial wrinkles. Juvederm contains the highest concentration of non-animal based HA of any dermal filler currently available. Juvederm’s unique formulation and cross-linking results in a longer duration of effect (6 to 9 months), as well as less pain, swelling, bruising, and potential bumpiness compared to Restylane or other Has.
In addition to lip augmentation, HAs are frequently used to correct or augment the nasolabial folds, marionette lines (wrinkles around the corner of the mouth), glabellar lines (wrinkles between the brow’s), in addition to lip augmentation.
Click here to read Dr. Hoefflin’s article on beautiful lips.
Testimonial:
“I started to notice that my lips no longer matched the shape of the rest of my face. I felt that they had lost volume, making me appear older. After Dr. Hoefflin injected my lips with Juvederm, the results were immediate and very self-gratifying. It’s unbelievable how a 15-minute process can now make me enjoy smiling and talking that much more. To me, there was no question how much I like the natural look and what it’s done to my self-confidence.” – RW
