Advances in fillers have led to their safe and effective enhancement of lip shape and size. Lip injections not only contain the filler material but also lidocaine, the local anesthetic used by dentists to numb tissue and so the procedure is more comfortable than ever. Most patients feel that both the upper and the lower lip are small and so have both the upper and lower lip enhanced. There are also many patients who feel one lip requires enlargement as compared to the other and only have that one lip enlarged. Lip injections can also be done to reduce the wrinkles that pop up around the edge of the lips. 

Lip injections before and after

Before patients have lip injections they may notice that their lips are small or perhaps the pink part of the lip seems to roll in. Patients may also note that the lips don’t have the curvy shape they wish to make them look their best. Others may feel that they simply “have no lips” and wish to have more definition. After lip enhancement with fillers, patients note not only improvement in the size of their lips but also improvement in shape and that their lips are more well defined.

Lip enhancement is an outpatient procedure and patients can have it done on their lunch break, though there is some swelling that takes about 48 hours to come down. So the day after lip injections patients experience generally moderate swelling but usually no pain. The final size and ultimate shape of the lips are achieved usually by 7 to 10 days and generally last about one year for most of the fillers.

What not to do after lip injections

Patients may resume normal activities after lip fillers but should not exercise or do anything strenuous for the next 8 hours. The site is treated as one would normally with cleansers as needed. Aquaphore ointment can also be applied to keep the lips moist.

Lip injections near me

When friends and relatives of patients have the chance to observe lip injections near them they see that the results are natural and not strange looking like they see on TV or in the movies. The enhancement leaves the lips looking more youthful, fuller and in better proportion.

Cost of juvederm lip injections

Costs vary by practitioner. Prices are generally close to each other and patients should be wary if the price is very low.

Side effects of lip fillers

The most common side effects of lip fillers are swelling, bruising and itching. Less commonly, bumpiness of the site may occur.

Do lip fillers hurt?

The lip filler material itself has a numbing agent in it and so when the lips are injected there is mild to moderate pain, depending on the patient. When patients are sensitive to pain or discomfort, a dental block can be performed and this is often done by a physician. One the dental block has been done the lips are completely numb and the lip injections are better tolerated.

Natural lip fillers

The filler material used by all of the common products is composed of hyaluronic acid synthesized as a polymer. It is completely man made. Hyaluronic acid is a chemical that is found in between the cells of our skin tissue. It provides support and has healing properties, and so though it is man made, one can consider it natural because the same material is naturally occurring.