Lip lift in tampa and St Petersburg

A surgical lip lift is a procedure designed to increase the show of the red lip. Older patients can complain of an elongated white lip and the thin red lip. These patients also notice minimal tooth show when smiling. In younger patients they may do the surgery to increase the slant of the lip and give more eversion or pout to the lip and to avoid doing repeated lip filler injections.

Who is a candidate for a lip lift in Tampa?

Older patients who have a long white portion of the lip and minimal red lip are good candidates for this procedure to give a more youthful appearance to the mouth. Younger patients who get frequent lip filler injections and want a longer term solution and increased pout are also candidates for this procedure.
The recovery is not very involved. Most patients only take 1-2 pain pills and then stick to tylenol you will have to to keep your upper lip stiff for about 10 days to allow things to heal and settle down. nation of the lower eyelid is complicated and numerous factors have to be taken into consideration. Dr Rayess is an expert in facial surgery and will discuss your needs.

How is a lip lift performed?

The surgery is performed under local anesthesia with oral sedation depending on the patient. The incision is made right at the junction of the lip and the nose it is in the shape of a bullhorn, with curves designed to flow along the curves of the nose. The incision is not in the nose. The amount of skin to be removed is carefully measured and marked. Deep and superficial sutures are then use to close the wound. The sutures come out at 5-7 days. It can take up to three months for the incision to completely heal and during this time it may become thicker and require adjunctive treatments such as C02 laser or kenalog injections.

What is the recovery from a lip lift?

The recovery process is straight forward. The sutures will be removed at one week. There will be swelling afterwards, this can take up tp 3 months to come down. The scar on the upper lip will go through phases of healing, at about 1 week you can camouflage it with makeup.

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