Lip lift
We often get phone calls regarding lip lifts.
Lip lifts are a relatively common procedure. There are two types
of lip lifts. The first is called an anguloplasty. This is to surgically correct
the down-turned corners of the mouth. It has recently gotten some notoriety as a
surgical cure for a “resting b*tch face”. It involves excising a roughly
triangular section of tissue above the corners of the mouth. This allows the
corners of the mouth to be rotated superiorly. I have also done the procedure
for the same reason for people who get some excoriation of the skin from having
such severely down-turned corners of the mouth that spit will drip out.
The other type of lip lift is to help evert the lip. As people age
their upper lip appears to get longer. This is product of not only sagging but
also losing some bony volume in their mid-face. This involves taking out a
curved section of tissue right under the nose. It results in a very inconspicuous
scar and helps shorten and evert the lip. It gives the appearance of being able
to see more lip without doing a lip augmentation which is often not desired.
