Lips are among the most visible and engaging components of all facial features. Lips become prominent when making facial expressions, speaking or eating/chewing. Aesthetically-defined lips help to accentuate and make the lower portion of the face more appeasing. However, all people are not blessed with naturally, visually-appealing lips. However, such situations can be overcome by seeking a
Lip Reshaping Cosmetic Procedures. Lip Augmentations are among the most demanded and safest of all cosmetic plastic surgeries.
An Overview of Lip Reshaping Cosmetic Surgery
Lip Reshaping is often sought for non-cosmetic purposes also, i.e. as a part of lip correction plastic surgeries. This is found among people who suffer from congenital problems like pitted or underdeveloped lips or those suffering from neoplasms, trauma or infections. The niche of Lip Reshaping presents some basic options, such as:
- Lip Augmentation
- Lip Reconstruction
Lip Augmentation Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
Lip Augmentation is usually demanded by women since having bigger, thicker lips helps to establish a fuller pouta cosmetic feature that is very popular and is deemed to render the facial appearance a more sensual and eye-catching appeal. This is also the most talked about of lip-reshaping procedures since movie and TV stars in India and abroad commonly opt for this cosmetic procedure.
Lip Augmentation procedures are aimed at increasing the overall dimension of the lips without disturbing the equilibrium between the lips and surrounding facial features such as the chin or the nose. Here, the cosmetic surgeon should ensure that the plastic cosmetic procedure doesn’t hamper functionalities of the lips like speech. The most common of Lip Augmentation cosmetic processed include:
Lip Fillers are essentially a modified form of Dermal Fillers (cosmetic ski fillers). Here, fillers (natural or chemical compounds) are injected into the lips. These compounds are compatible with the lip tissue. This ensures that the filler is not rejected by the patient’s body. The fillers retain their shape for a reasonably long time. Fillers used in lip augmentation include collagen, calcium hydroxyapatite and hyaluronic acid. These inject able fillers are rather easy-to-use. The entire process takes less than an hour and the patient is put through a recuperation phase, i.e. there is no downtime or fear of any side-effects. Most of the fillers used in India now are at par with international standards and are also used in the US, approved by globally-accredited regulatory organizations like the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Lip Implants present a more invasive but permanent form of lip augmentation. Here, implants are surgically inserted into the lips. Though this approach is a bit more demanding than filler injections, lip implants provide more durable, usually lifetime results, i.e. the augmented state of lips is retained for many years.
Lip Reconstruction Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
Lip Reconstruction is a more comprehensive cosmetic procedure that is usually recommended when exhaustive reshaping of the lips is required. Lip reconstruction cosmetic surgeries are aimed at restoring the elasticity, texture and colour of the lips along with improving the overall contour of the lips. Please note that Lip Reconstruction surgeries are often purely corrective in nature. However, the patient might choose to combine it with some degree of lip-reshaping for better results. Thus, Lip Reconstruction surgeries are a part of both corrective and cosmetic plastic surgeries.
Lip Reshaping should be undertaken by experienced and well-qualified cosmetic surgeons only since the slightest of errors can impair the patient’s facial expressions, sensation around the lips and oral access. Further, the cosmetic surgeon undertaking
lip reshaping surgeries should have expertise in establishing better anatomic proportions of the face that invariably includes creating symmetry in and around the lips.
