Lip Enhancement

With age our lips become thinner, retract, lose volume, and become less well-defined due to a gradual loss of collagen and elastin. The loss of elasticity creates vertical lip lines, and the lips lose color. Lip movements also change with age. The smile narrows vertically and widens horizontally.

Lip enhancement with dermal fillers use hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers that are biodegradable and are formulated specifically to address aging changes including loss of volume, color, and elasticity. New Orleans Aesthetics provides lip enhancement with three dermal fillers: Restylane Kysse, Juvederm Ultra XC, and RHA. These three HA fillers are designed specifically for lip augmentation. They plump and volumize the lips and smooth wrinkles almost instantly. All three HA fillers contain lidocaine to improve comfort during the procedure. Below we discuss each dermal filler in more details.

Restylane Kysse is the first lip filler designed with ‘XpresHAn’ technology that maintains flexible lip movements for the full range of expression and natural-looking volume. It enhances textures and color of the lips while maintaining a full range of expressions. The treatment is proven to last up to a year. This hyaluronic acid injectable filler also diminishes upper lip lines (lipstick lines) and enhances lip texture and color. Learn more about Restylane.

Juvederm Ultra XC is an advanced dermal filler that has a smooth consistency and helps add volume and hydration for skin elasticity. It is selected to treat fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth and for lip augmentation. It will smooth away smile lines and wrinkles, restore contours and volume, and lasts up to a year. Learn more about Juvederm.

RHA is Resilient Hyaluronic Acid that was created to treat facial dynamics, a major advancement in hyaluronic acid technology. There are three formulations: RHA®2 RHA®3 and RHA®4. RHA fillers are made of hyaluronic acid like some other dermal fillers, but the manufacturing process is gentler. It preserves the natural structure of HA and is made to move so that it can adapt to your facial movements. The result is a natural look when the muscles are at rest and in motion. Learn more about RHA dermal fillers.

The goal of treatment is to enhance and improve the natural lips and avoid over treating that creates an artificial or unnatural appearance or changes in natural lip movements including smiling.

Aesthetic lip augmentation is challenging and requires technical and aesthetic skill as the lips have 3D structure including height, width, projection, angles, and curvatures. You’re in expert hands with Dr. Zeena.

The filler is injected directly into and around the lips using very fine needles to temporarily plump the lips and smooth the vertical lip lines around the mouth.

Common side effects are mild and include swelling, temporary firmness, bruising, and redness. that should resolve within a few days.