Since the lips are one of the most striking areas on the human face, people with naturally beautiful lips are considered to be quite advantageous. Today, people who think that they have non-full, shapeless, asymmetrical lips are offered the option of getting the lips they desire with medical applications. Lip filling is an application frequently applied by those who want to have more beautiful and aesthetic lips.
What is Lip Filling?
As the name suggests, lip augmentation is a kind of aesthetic intervention to the lip. This application, which is an effective non-surgical aesthetic method; It is a painless, painless and repeatable application.
The purpose of lip augmentation is to plump the lip, to define the lip borders and to make the lip more symmetrical. As a result of lip augmentation performed with hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers produced specifically for this application, a natural lip appearance is provided while the person has the desired lip appearance. The plump and symmetrical lip appearance makes the person look younger than they are, while adding aesthetics to the smile.
How is Lip Filling done?
Lip filling is an application that requires great care, attention and skill. People who are considering lip augmentation should first be examined by specialist doctors in the field of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. As a result of the examination, a personalized application is determined by considering the wishes of the person.
Before starting the lip filling, anesthetic creams are applied to the lip to minimize the person’s pain and suffering. Then, the filler is injected under the skin in the lip area with small, thin millimetric injections. Since lip augmentation is not a surgical application, it is short-term and the application effect is seen immediately. The amount of filler to be used in lip augmentation is determined according to the volume of the person’s lips and their demands.
While performing lip filling, the general ratio of the lips to the face and the ratio of the adjacent areas surrounding the lips are checked. Apart from this, a filling application is performed by taking into account the numerical value of 1.618 in order to comply with the golden ratio, that is, the facial beauty standards. Lip lines and the fold in the middle of the lips are taken into account when lip augmentation is made.
A technique that has come to the fore especially recently in lip filling is the technique called Russian Lips, in which dermal fillers based on hyaluronic acid are injected. In this technique, unlike the classical lip augmentation, the injected filler is applied vertically to the lip. The purpose of applying the filler perpendicular to the lip is to obtain a more proportional and shaped appearance on the lips.
Lip filling is an application that takes 15-20 minutes on average. The permanence period varies depending on the lip structure of the person, but it is between 1-1.5 years. With the loss of the effect of lip filling, there is no harm in re-filling. Permanence will increase in filling applications repeated at regular intervals.
The most important factor to be considered in lip filling is that the needles to be used in the application are disposable needles and the application is carried out in a clinical environment. If these rules are not followed, the risk of infection after the application will increase. Although lip augmentation is a comfortable and practical application, it is a procedure that must be done by a specialist.
Who are suitable candidates for Lip Filling ?
Lip augmentation is a filling application for the purpose of plumping the lip, making the lip look younger, shaping the lip and clarifying its contours, correcting the asymmetrical appearance of the lip, and eliminating the deformities of the lips.
People who have realistic expectations from lip fillers, people who know how their lips should look, people who want to improve the appearance of their lips, people who want to plump their lips, people who want to make their lips look younger, people who want to shape their lips and define their contours, and those who want to correct the asymmetrical appearance of their lips. and it can be done to people who want to correct deformities in their lips.
There is an age limit of 18 years in the application of lip augmentation. For this procedure, individuals must be at least 18 years old. However, lip augmentation, contrary to popular belief, is an application that can be applied not only to women, but also to both women and men.
Who can not apply Lip Filling?
Lip augmentation cannot be applied to people with blood clotting problems, people with herpes in the mouth area, people with suppressed immune system, pregnant women and women during breastfeeding, nerve or muscle patients, people with allergic structure and connective tissue patients such as lupus. In addition, if the person has had herpes before, if he is allergic to anything, or if he is constantly taking medication, he should inform the specialist.
Lip augmentation should not be made to people whose expectations are unrealistic. Since excess lip filling applied to very thin lips will cause duck lip appearance, the current lip appearance should be proportional to the lip appearance that will occur after the filling.
With which applications can Lip Filling be combined?
Since lip augmentation is a very simple and comfortable application by injection, it can be done in combination with many applications. After this application, which can be performed in combination with botox and skin rejuvenation processes, especially other filling applications, the healing process is quite simple.
Frequently asked questions about Lip Filling
What is the age limit for Lip Filling?
The earliest FDA recommended age for lip augmentation, that is, the American Food and Drug Administration, is 21. It can be applied to anyone over the age of 21, who are mature enough to understand the risks of this application, to people who have sufficient readiness for the application, to people with clear and clear expectations from the application, to people with deformities in the lips, provided that they are over the age of 18. The age limit of 21 is a recommendation of the FDA, not a requirement.
Is Lip Filling a painful application?
Lip filling is a filling application in which anesthetic creams are applied before the application using special thin needles. Therefore, it is not expected to experience pain during and after lip augmentation. After the application, it is important that the people who have the application take the advice and warnings of the specialist into account so that they can easily get through this process and not experience pain.
When will you return to social life after Lip Filling?
Since lip augmentation is a simple and comfortable application, there is no time to wait for returning to social life after the application. You can return to social life immediately after the application. While some people wait for one day to return to business life, some people can return to business life on the same day with the application.
You should not eat or drink anything for at least the first 4 hours after lip augmentation, products such as lipstick and gloss should not be applied to the lips on the day of lip augmentation, cold application should be made for the first 1-2 days, the lip area should be massaged with edema remover or gel, until one week after the application. cigarettes and alcohol should not be consumed, hot environments such as solarium, sauna, Turkish bath, spa should be avoided, beverages containing caffeine should not be consumed, excessively hot drinks should not be consumed, sports activities should be avoided for a while, and hot water should not be showered.
Swelling, edema and bruising may occur after lip augmentation. These effects are simple enough to go away on their own within 2-3 days. A control session is created one or two weeks after lip augmentation. It is important for the patient to go to this session because of the retouching if it is deemed necessary.
