Lip Enhancement
Full lips are a hallmark of youth, beauty, and overall appeal. Lip size is largely an inherited trait with some born with full lips and others inheriting smaller, thinner lips. Unfortunately, everyone loses volume and definition of the lips as they age.
The lips are a detailed three-dimensional structure, and any lip enlargement must preserve proper lip proportions. Dr. Thompson performs a comprehensive anatomic analysis on each patient with emphasis on individualized treatment of “deficient” areas to achieve the most pleasing, natural results. Dr. Thompson offers the full complement of treatments – from non-surgical, temporary enlargement with fillers such as Restylane® Juvederm®, to more permanent surgical options such as fat-injections.
Procedure Benefits
Lip enhancement is most commonly performed using a local or topical anesthetic depending on patient preference. A small needle is inserted directly into the lips for and the filler material is placed in appropriate locations. Some benefits of this procedure are:
- Restores volume lost with age
- Enhances smaller, thinner lips
- Multiple options for treatment
- Minimal down time
- Dr. Thompson personally administers all fillers and injectables
Recovery
Patients can expect mild swelling and bruising associated with lip injection typically lasting around 24 hours. Normal activities can be resumed immediately.
What's Next?
- Learn more about our facial plastic surgery procedures and what they can do for you.
- Check out our facial plastic surgery results section where you can see before and after pictures of actual results.
- Give us a call or schedule a free facial plastic surgery consultation to learn more about a procedure and how much it costs.
- Send a quick message directly to Doctor Thompson to get any other questions answered.
- Come visit us! We have three Utah facial plastic surgery locations in Layton, Bountiful, and Draper. All are conveniently located near Salt Lake City, Utah.