Lip Surgery & Rejuvenation

Just like the eyes are the window to the soul, so are the lips. But they are also the locus of our identity, the central focus to the face, and the seat of our personality and expression.

So I profoundly respect any man who has even the smallest issue with such an important facial feature. I listen carefully and help you.

There are many features in the lips that must appear and function in a well-coordinated fashion in a small and very visible area. Men may notice small lips, not enough pink showing, loss of the ledge or definition at the edges, an elongated thin upper lip, lip unevenness, not enough or too much teeth showing when smiling, drooping corners and a sad look, wrinkle lines, smoker’s lines, or too large upper and/or lower lips. The lip anatomy consists of a bulky main muscle, eight muscles that connect at each corner, almost no fat, and then the overlying skin. The underlying teeth, dental work, and upper jaw give foundation and shape to the lips, and this is part of my evaluation. The lips relate to your laugh lines, nasal base, and jowls to varying degrees, so there are many different anatomic features that must be analyzed and addressed prior to your surgery. I will coordinate the features of your anatomy with your expectations, formulate a plan with you, and guide you through this process.

In lip rejuvenation surgery there are multitudes of different, yet very specific techniques that must be applied exactly to your precise anatomic feature(s). The skill comes in evaluating these features and matching them to the best intervention. These interventions may be in one or more of these categories: skincare, injectables, peels, resurfacing, or surgery. Surgery, when indicated, involves a light general anesthetic and is performed where I do surgery, which is in a hospital setting. The surgery is safe and predictable. There is a mild to moderate degree of swelling after surgery. All of the stitches are small and removed in four to seven days. You can return to work in as little as five to seven days and to some physical exercise in the first week. The spectrum of interventions I provide for lip rejuvenation in my practice includes:

• Wrinkle Lines: These are treated by any combination of Botox, peels, resurfacing, skincare, or injectables as indicated.
• Injectables: These can be permanent, such as Artefill or fat, or temporary, such as collagen and Perlane, Restylane, or Juvéderm or other hyaluronic-acid-based gels. The use is to make the lip larger and more lifted, and to lift the corners.
• Lip Lift Surgery: In this procedure an incision is made under the nose, at the upper lip corners, or both to lift the middle and/or corners of the lips, respectively.
• Lip Reduction: This is performed when the lips are too large.

So now you understand the great deal of art that goes into lip rejuvenation. I have expertise in lip rejuvenation, and I have performed hundreds of these operations with very natural results that do not make you look like a different person, but rather, youthful and alluring and refreshed. I spend a great deal of time discussing your anatomy, listening to your expectations, and interpreting for you what your anatomy and tissues will safely and predictably allow me to do. In addition I consider your body as a whole and I build a system into every facial surgery that, initially, allows you to recover much more quickly and, secondly, preserves your surgical results. This system includes a special diet, special attention to blood clotting, vitamins, supplements, special garments, skin products, physical training, and knowing what to avoid. Together all of this allows me to create results that are consistently very beautiful, quick to heal, and exceptionally natural. I use minimal incisions, especially in the face, an area of such major importance. I am delighted to surgically provide you with such profound yet natural lip changes, ones that have so consistently pleased my male patients and changed their lives.

Please also read the article on lip enhancement in the Educational Articles section of the website.