Lip Lift Before & After Results
The lips occupy a relatively small part of the face, but changing them can affect much more than the lips themselves.
When I consider a lip lift, I don't look at the mouth in isolation. I look at how the lips relate to the nose, chin and surrounding face. I also consider whether the change we're seeing is limited to the lips or is part of a larger pattern of facial aging.
That's important when looking through the photographs below. In some patients, the lip is the primary concern. In others, I'm addressing the lip as part of a broader facial rejuvenation. The surgery has to make sense in the context of the entire face.
The Lip Should Fit the Face
A lip lift isn't about creating the same lip shape on every patient.
What matters to me is proportion. A change that looks appropriate on one face may be too much or too little on another. That's why I evaluate the lips as part of the facial structure around them rather than working toward a predetermined appearance.
There is also an important distinction between lifting the lip and adding volume to it. They solve different problems. In some patients, I may address the position and proportion of the lip without adding volume. In others, restoring volume may also be appropriate.
Look at the Relationship, Not Just the Lip
Lip lift before and after photographs deserve to be viewed a little differently from photographs of a facelift or neck lift.
First, look at the lips themselves. Then move outward.
Compare how the mouth relates to the nose and lower face. Look at the overall proportion of the lips rather than simply asking whether they appear larger. If other procedures were performed at the same time, take those into account before attributing every difference between the photographs to the lip lift.
A Lip Lift and Lip Augmentation Solve Different Problems
Patients sometimes group every procedure that changes the lips into the same category. I don't think that's particularly helpful.
A lip lift changes the relationship of the lip to the surrounding anatomy. Lip augmentation is intended to add volume. Depending on the face, one may be appropriate without the other, or both may have a role.
You can see that distinction in my own patients. Some of the cases in this gallery include lip lift alone as part of facial rejuvenation, while others combine lip lift with lower lip augmentation using stem cell nanofat. Other patients have had natural lip augmentation with autologous fat without a lip lift.
So when you compare the photographs, don't assume that every change in lip volume came from the lift itself. Look at the procedures listed for that patient and evaluate the result in that context.
Lip Lift Before & After After FAQs
A lip lift can create a relatively small change that has a noticeable effect on facial proportion. These questions cover what to pay attention to in before and after photos, how lifting the lip differs from adding volume and why the result should be evaluated in the context of the whole face.