Who is a Candidate?
Patients who are unhappy with the volume, the balance, or the shape
of their lips can benefit from a lip procedure. Both lip enlargement and lip reduction are possible.
Ready to learn more about lip augmentation? Request a consultation with Dr. Kress at the office of Plastic Surgery One on Opossumtown Pike in Frederick.
Lip Procedures in Frederick, Maryland
These procedures are performed by Dr. Kress on an outpatient basis, usually under local
anesthesia, either in a free-standing surgical center or in the office.
- Lip Reduction: Small hidden incisions are made in inconspicuous areas behind the lips proper, tiny amounts of the lip tissue can be removed reducing the visual prominence and volume of the lips.
- Lip Augmentation: This can also be done surgically by making advancing flaps behind the lips. This technique will advance lip tissue forward giving a fuller volume and increased prominence. The disadvantage is in the scarring.
Other techniques include nearly all of the injectible filler
substances and the synthetics such as Gore-Tex™. Different materials
have different rates of resorption but they are always faster to absorb
in the lips than in other areas of the body. Collagen - rarely used
except for a temporary improvement or to make a movie - absorption is
very fast.
- Gore-Tex: Extremely easy and fast to place in the lips but does not move naturally and can sometimes be felt in the lips. Also has a risk of infection.
- Artefill®: An FDA-approved injectable wrinkle filler designed for the correction of smile lines.
- Lipostructure:More involved procedure with a donor site in addition to the lips. It gives the most natural and the softest end result. Large increases may need more than one session for satisfactory results.
Recovery Time
There is minimal pain involved with the procedures, and any sutures that need to be used
are removed within 7 days. Bruising that occurs is gone for most patients within 10 to 14 days, but
swelling can be a nuisance in the lips, lasting as long as a month in
some cases. Return to work will depend on how much you have to interact with the
public and the ability to work with mildly swollen lips.
Your Result
After lip procedures, you can see an improvement in facial esthetics with better balance and a
desirable lip shape and volume.
Help your lips look their best. Request a consultation with Dr. Kress or call us at 240.575.1566.
