Lip Enhancement

Thin lips and wrinkles around the mouth are reasons to consider lip enhancement. Full lips are often associated with youth and beauty. Lip enhancement or augmentation can reduce wrinkles, create fuller, more attractive and more youthful looking lips.

Popular techniques for lip enhancement include injections with Juvederm® (hyaluronic acid), or a patient's own fat. There is variation in how long each of the techniques last both amongst the techniques used and between individual patients who receive treatments with identical techniques. Hyaluronic acid, a component of skin, can be injected with results generally lasting for 6-12 months. A more permanent result may be achieved by grafting fat from another part of the body or by using an implant. Grafting of a patient's own fat typically involves harvesting the fat from the abdomen or hips.

Both fat injections and hyaluronic acid can be used elsewhere in the face as fillers. These injections can fill out wrinkles and sagging appearing in the nasolabial folds which are the lines running from nose to mouth that appear with age.

There are currently a number of products on the market and new ones are routinely introduced. If you are considering one of the fillers discussed above or any others, contact Dr. Zewert's office to discuss the risks and benefits of each product.