Lip Lift Before & After Case 1537

This 57 year old requested Dr. Parker to perform a lip lift to help evert her upper lip instead of Botox injections. She also asked about improving the fine lines of her upper lip. Prior to the procedure, Dr. Parker carefully marked the appropriately sized “bull horn” shaped ellipse of skin to be removed, reducing the height of the patient’s central upper lip from 20 to 13 mm. After injecting the area with local anesthesia, Dr. Parker precisely removed the marked amount of skin, then carefully closed the incisions with several layers of sutures. Next, he performed dermabrasion of the patient’s white upper lip, removing the epidermis and upper papillary dermis as well as the fine wrinkles they incorporated. The patient healed very nicely and said the recovery was better than expected. She loves the markedly improved and more youthful appearance of her upper lip.