What is a lip lift?
A lip lift, and how it holds as the face ages
A lip lift is a procedure on the lip, and how it holds over time matters as much as the first result.
A surgical lip procedure among several options
A lip lift is a surgical lip procedure, and it is one of several ways people change the look of their lips. Others include fillers and other lip augmentation options. Which one fits depends on what you want to change, and your surgeon can tell you after examining you.
Lip lift versus lip filler
Weigh it against filler. A national plastic surgery society has two pages worth reading side by side: the best lip enhancement treatment for you and every lip augmentation option ranked. Read them together to compare a lip lift with filler and the other choices.
Read a detailed description of the surgery. A large hospital system explains what a lip lift is, its types, recovery and scars. Scarring is worth asking about directly, since you will be living with the result as your face ages.
Think about maintenance. Ask your surgeon what you should expect from your lips in five and ten years, and what you would do if you wanted a change later.
Before a lip lift consultation
- Read the three linked pages.
- List what you want to change about your lips.
- Ask a surgeon in the Issaquah area, or wherever you live, where the incision would be placed and how the scar usually looks as it matures.
Photos of lips like yours
A procedure that suits one face may not suit another. Ask to see before and after photos of patients whose lips resemble yours, and ask how long after surgery those photos were taken.