The lips are an important part of our body identity, and perhaps this is especially true for women.
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Large, full lips are often associated with youthfulness and sensuality, so it is perhaps not surprising that it is common to desire larger and fuller lips.
There are two main reasons for wanting bigger lips: Younger people who want bigger and fuller lips than they were born with, and older people who find that their lips have "shrunk" with age, especially those who have smoked and sunbathed a lot (see picture below). Other changes that occur in the area around the mouth with age are loss of volume in the corners of the mouth that gives shadow in the corners of the mouth (so-called "sour mouth"), poorer skin quality in general and a sunken upper lip, i.e. an increasing distance between the nose and the upper lip, to name a few.
Whatever the reason, there are a number of things we can do to give you the lips you want and here is an overview:
It is very common to want a general enlargement of the lips and especially the upper lip. Sometimes it is in the lip itself that fullness is needed, other times in the edge to give a better contour. For many, the optimal result is when specific curves in the lips are emphasized. Our plastic surgeon has many years of experience with lip augmentation and knows the anatomy very well through numerous filler treatments and operations on the lips. He recommends that lip augmentation can be done in two different ways, either with a temporary filler ("filler") such as Juvederm or Restylane or with a more permanent solution with the transfer of your own fat.
This is a simple and safe method of lip augmentation that we have long and good experience with. Fillers (Juvederm / Restylane) have the advantage and disadvantage that they disappear after a certain time, usually in the lips after about 6 months. The treatment must therefore be repeated, but the advantage of this is that the amount and placement of the substance can be adjusted and thus follow your wishes and any physical changes you may experience. These fillers are made of hyaluronic acid , the body's own moisturizing substance which makes the treatment very safe as there is normally no foreign body reaction. You can read more about hyaluronic acid fillers by clicking here .
Lip augmentation with fillers is performed at our clinic by our plastic surgeon who has more than 12 years of experience with such treatments. Treatments with fillers performed by a surgeon rather than a nurse will be an extra security for you as the surgeon can handle any special complications to a completely different extent if they should arise, and it is not more expensive either!
If you want to enlarge your lips once and for all, a transfer of your own fat may be appropriate. What is done is that fat is taken from a place on the body that has a little extra fat (for example, the inside of the knees). This fat is then injected into the lips in a specific way. It is common for a small part of the fat that is inserted to disappear after a while, so 1-2 treatments may be necessary to get the full effect. This method is 100% natural, it is your own fat that fills the lips and once this fat has attached, it will normally not disappear again! You therefore avoid repeated treatments with fillers.
With increasing age and especially with long-term smoking, it is not uncommon to develop a loss of volume of the skin on the lower side of the mouth corners. This gives a "sour mouth" appearance with shadows in the corners of the mouth. These pits can be reduced or completely removed using fillers, possibly fat transfer and preferably in combination with skin-improving measures such as peeling or medical creams.
Around the mouth there is a ring-shaped muscle that helps us move our lips. With increasing age and especially with smoking, there is a gradual thinning of the lip and skin volume over time. The ring muscle will then gradually pull the skin over the lips together and cause many small or large wrinkles around the mouth. This is called “smoker’s lips” or “smoker’s mouth”.
There are basically two ways to treat smoker's lips. Either by removing the skin from above or by filling the pits/wrinkles so that they come up to level with the rest of the skin. The best thing may be to do both. Skin treatment can be medical peeling in combination with medical creams, while filling the wrinkles is best done with a particularly fine version of fillers. If there is clear tightening of the muscle, a third option can actually also help, namely botox injection directly into the muscle. You can read more about botox treatment here .
Some people want the middle part of the upper lip to come forward and be more clearly visible. This gives fuller and more youthful-looking lips. Such an emphasis on the upper lip can be done in two ways; either temporarily using fillers or more permanently using a small surgical procedure on the inside of the lip. Emphasizing the upper lip with fillers requires a slightly special technique and is something our surgeon has a lot of experience with.
With increasing age, the upper lip tends to fall downwards and hide the front teeth. Some people are also born with a very low-hanging upper lip. This can be corrected with a small surgical procedure called an upper lip lift . In such a procedure, an incision is made in the skin along the lower edge of the nose and lifts the lip up after removing a small amount of skin tissue. The operation is performed under local anesthesia and stitches are used that are removed after a few days to provide the most beautiful scar. This scar is usually very little visible as it is hidden in the edge towards the nose.
We hope this answers some of your questions about lip augmentation and lip surgery. You can book an appointment for treatment or a non-binding consultation with our plastic surgeon via the "Book a consultation" form on this page or call us on 51 55 85 00 .
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