Lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid – before and after photos, reviews

From this article you will learn:

lip augmentation techniques – video, before and after photos,
choice of drugs, patient reviews,
errors and complications
how much does lip augmentation cost in Moscow and St. Petersburg?

Not all people can boast of full, well-defined lips, but in addition to anatomical features, age-related changes also play a large role in this. The fact is that with age, the width and volume of the lips tend to gradually decrease, which is due to a decrease in the volume of muscle tissue and subcutaneous fat in them. Smoking and exposure to sunlight also have a significant impact on the severity of these processes.

In addition, age-related atrophy of the bone tissue of the upper jaw, which occurs with the early removal of the front teeth, also affects the decrease in the expression of the lips. Before the advent of hyaluronic acid fillers, it was possible to increase lip volume mainly only through surgical plastic surgery (although in some cases it is still relevant). But today the simplest, most effective and safest method of lip augmentation is injections of gel based on “stabilized” hyaluronic acid, i.e. filler.

Lip augmentation: before and after photos

A little about the anatomy and aesthetics of the lips -

In young people, the shape of the lips is maintained by tension in the surrounding muscles. The main muscle of the lips, on which their volume largely depends, is the orbicularis oris muscle. But with age, not only the volume of the lips can change, but also their shape (for example, due to the lowering of the corners of the mouth). A cosmetologist’s good knowledge of the anatomy of this area, as well as contouring techniques, can not only increase the volume of the lips and change their shape, but also at the same time slightly raise the corners of the mouth.

Reviews for lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid are often negative. The most common complications are swelling of the lips, hematomas, the formation of dense nodules in the thickness of the lips, and the development of herpes after the procedure. But about half of all complaints are patients' dissatisfaction with the appearance of their new lips. Most often, such complaints are associated with the asymmetry and unnaturalness of their shape. Therefore, during correction, it is important to maintain certain physiological relationships between the upper and lower lips.

For example, when correcting the upper lip, you need to avoid its excess volume, because... At the same time, the natural profile of the face changes significantly. When viewed in profile, the upper lip should protrude 2.0 mm further than the lower lip. In this case, the lower lip itself should always be thicker than the upper: the height/volume of the upper lip in relation to the height/volume of the lower lip should be in a ratio of 40:60. However, for some ethnicities there are different proportions, for example, for African-Americans the ratio is 50:50.

A very important area is the so-called “Cupid’s bow” arc (Fig. 8). This term refers to the contour of the upper lip (the border of the skin of the lips with the red border). The middle part of this arch is located slightly lower than the side sections, which looks like an inverted letter W. With age, the central part of the Cupid's bow flattens, so the age that can be given to your lips will largely depend on the correct correction of this zone. To summarize, it is very important to maintain the natural proportions of the lips, and their volume should be in harmony with your face.

Relaxation of lips

Osteopathic doctors advise relaxing your lips in this way every day. The index and middle fingers must be placed under the lower lip and pressed. At the same time, you will feel a rush to the lower lip. It will begin to “burn”, perhaps even tingle slightly. Then the fingers move to the lower lip and draw a smile, while lifting the corners of the lips upward. Then the fingers are placed above the upper lip, everything is repeated in the same way as in the case of the lower lip. The result will not take long to arrive.

Lip augmentation: reviews, photos and videos

In video 1-2 below - you can see how the procedure for lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid goes, and see quite good results. Unfortunately, we have to admit that most cosmetologists are bad at achieving a natural effect when enlarging lips. This is due to both hypercorrection (excessive removal of material), and the resulting incorrect proportions of the upper/lower lips, as well as the use of a filler that is not entirely inappropriate for this type of filler for the procedure. Below we will also tell you about techniques for increasing volume and creating lip contour.

Lip augmentation: video

Anesthesia –

If they tell you that lip augmentation with filler does not hurt, then this will not be true. It will be painful even with anesthesia, which is most often carried out using various creams and gels containing lidocaine (in different products - from 5 to 12%). The Parisian sponge technique will be the most painful, because... it involves more needle injections. Less commonly, infiltration anesthesia is performed with anesthetics - Ultracaine 1:200,000 or Lidocaine, but few cosmetologists are proficient in this anesthesia technique. Infiltration anesthesia provides a significantly better analgesic effect, but, as a rule, only surgeons and dentists use it.

Many filler options may additionally contain 0.3% lidocaine. But you shouldn’t indulge yourself in the illusion that this will somehow noticeably reduce the pain. The fact is that for lip augmentation, techniques with retrograde removal of material are used, that is, first the needle is inserted into the tissue and the material is removed only when it moves backwards. You must understand that the main pain occurs precisely at the moment the needle is inserted into the tissue, when the material with lidocaine has not even been removed.

Creating a lip contour –

If your lips have their own clearly visible contour, it is important not to overdo it, otherwise a clearly visible roller will be visible along the contour, and your lips will look artificial. However, in patients with an unclear contour or visible signs of aging of the perioral area, it is necessary to work with the contour. Some patients have vertical purse-string wrinkles on the skin of the lips, some of which (near the red border) can be smoothed out when forming the contour.

To form the contour, a linear-retrograde technique and a 12-13 mm long needle are used. Injections are made sequentially along the border of the red border. At the moment of puncture, the needle is first immersed 1-2 mm deep, and then it is guided along the surface of the red border for the entire length (12 or 13 mm). The material will be withdrawn only with retrograde movement of the needle. Moreover, depending on the elasticity of the filler, the material can be removed either more superficially or deeper. An important point is that the appearance of the contour of the red border will depend on the elasticity of the filler.

For example, there is such a material as “Juvederm Ultra 3”. This is the cheapest material from the Juvederm filler line, and on the good side, it can still be used to increase the volume of the lips, but it is much less suitable for shaping the contour. Many patients want Juvederm, and cosmetologists buy Ultra 3 material - at a price of only 6,200 to 7,000 rubles (for 1 syringe with a volume of 1.0 ml). This material is too dense for the lip contour, and besides, it has a needle diameter that is too large - marked 27G. A large needle diameter results in the output of a too wide track of material, and therefore the outline will look like a clearly visible roller along the border of the red border.

You probably already realized that not all fillers can effectively shape the contour of the lips and at the same time increase their volume. There are 2 excellent materials for this in the Juvederm line - “Juvederm Ultra Smile” and “Juvederm Volbella”, but the cost of 1.0 ml is noticeably higher, and therefore cosmetologists try not to offer them to their patients. But the cost of the excellent “Restyline Lip” filler is already about 9,500 rubles per 1.0 ml. All of these preparations have a 30G needle diameter, which is considered the best option for creating lip contour. Pay attention to the photo below - on the first contour it is made with a soft filler with a thin needle, on the other two - with a denser filler and a thicker 27G needle.

Type of lip contour (depending on filler density and needle diameter) –

Conclusions: thus, denser fillers like “Juvederm Ultra 3” are best used only to add volume to the body of the lips, although if, on the contrary, you like the “roller” effect along the edge of the red border (Fig. 10-11), then this is your option. It is also worth considering that denser fillers, even when they are injected deep into the tissue to add volume to the lips, can be felt as denser inclusions in the thickness of the lips. Therefore, both to create a contour and to increase volume, it is better to use softer, elastic filler options that will not only give results, but also maintain a natural feeling.

A very important point that you must understand: people will notice that you have enlarged your lips precisely because of their unnatural contour. Therefore, in addition to a clear lip contour without a roller and a lip contour with a roller, you can choose a third option. You can ask the cosmetologist to only increase the volume of your lips, without touching their contour at all, or almost without touching them. Below you can see several before and after photos, where the lips after augmentation look natural and very attractive, and without contour work. At the same time, if you need an eversion of the upper lip, then this can be done not only with filler (see below).

Well, the last important point - if you have a thin upper lip, then the correction of its contour should be carried out very carefully, with a minimal portion of material, using only soft elastic fillers. Correcting the contour of the upper lip in such patients can very easily lead to it looking like a “duck beak”.

Adding volume to the body of the lips –

To create volume in the lower lip, different techniques are usually used: “Cherry” technique, “Hollywood lips” technique, Bolus technique. The first 2 techniques involve the use of a fan filling technique, i.e. From one injection point, several passes are made to the depth of the needle, and the material is removed with a retrograde movement of the needle. These techniques differ only in the direction of correction, i.e. Cherry involves moving the needle in a vertical direction, and with the Hollywood sponge technique, filling the lips is carried out by moving the needle horizontally (several passes in the direction from the corners of the lips to their center).

Using the fan technique is great for adding volume. The bolus technique involves injecting a large volume of filler into just two points on the lower lip (i.e. without evenly distributing the gel throughout the lip tissue). For some reason, some patients like to feel such “boluses” in their lower lip.

To create volume in the upper lip, either the fan technique, puncture technique, or the “Parisian lips” technique are also used. With the help of the latter, you can not only increase the volume, but also turn out the upper lip. But this technique is the most traumatic and painful (involves a large number of needle injections along the entire upper lip at a distance of 1.0-1.5 mm from each other), and most patients, without the use of full local anesthesia with injectable anesthetics, cry silently during the procedure.

Eversion of the upper and lower lips -

If you need to turn out your upper lip, then this is definitely the Parisian sponge technique. But the filler must be quite elastic and soft, because... the drug is not injected into the thickness of the upper lip, but only to a depth of about 3 mm along its surface. Typically, the required volume of filler for the upper lip with this technique is no more than 0.6 ml. You need to turn out your thin upper lip very carefully, because... with an excessive amount of filler, the thin upper lip can take on the appearance of a duck’s beak (24stoma.ru).

But you can turn out the upper lip not only with fillers, for example, if you do not want to increase the volume of the upper lip or change its contour, then it is better to use the technique of everting the upper lip with botulinum toxin. This technique involves 4 injection points - 2 on each side of the upper lip (1 unit of, for example, Botox is removed in each). Injections are made along the contour of the red border in the direction of the body of the lips. It works by relaxing a portion of the orbicularis oris muscle along the contour of the red border.

If you only need an eversion, then it is also more economical, because... will cost you only 1000-1200 rubles 4 units (at a price of 250-300 rubles per 1 unit). As for eversion of the lower lip, it is much easier to perform than the upper lip. To do this, you need to increase the volume of the lower lip + add filler along the edge of the red border of the lower lip (especially in its center).

Lifting the corners of the mouth –

With age, the corners of the mouth droop, which gives the face a sad expression.
Using the Mona Lisa technique, you can achieve lifting of the corners of your mouth. In this case, the injection points are approximately 0.7 cm above and lateral to the corners of the mouth. Next, from one injection point, a passage is made, first along the red border of the lower and then the upper lip. The material is left retrograde (as the needle is withdrawn). This is the most effective technique for raising the corners of the mouth, although when watching videos on YouTube, one gets the feeling that most, even teachers, simply do not know how to do it properly. And in general, before the procedure, we advise you to take a close look at the before and after photos and videos that many cosmetologists proudly post, although when you look at the “duck beaks” and “saucers” they made, to be honest, it becomes even awkward to comment on their results. Below we will also show a few before and after photos, where lip augmentation does not interfere with the natural appearance of the lips.

If you have purse string wrinkles -

If in the perioral zone you already have so-called “purse-string wrinkles” on the skin of your lips, then you need an integrated approach. That part of the vertical wrinkles that directly approaches the lip contour can be smoothed out only by working with the lip contour (linear-retrograde technique along the entire contour). Wrinkles that are located away from the contour can be treated using several methods.

Firstly - again with the help of filler, but only using a cannula, not a needle. In this case, only 1 injection is made on each side (not far from the corners of the mouth), and using a fan technique with tissue separation, filler is laid out. The second option is biorevitalization procedures, which will certainly smooth out purse-string wrinkles. The third option is botulinum toxin injections, but you need to be careful with this method.

A bottle will help you realize the idea of becoming a “sexy beauty”

Young girls have plenty of ingenuity! For example, a new trend, an epidemic so to speak, lip augmentation at home, and with what? With a bottle! This method is good only for a few seconds, this time is enough to take a photo. But if a young fashionista, infected with the “fix” idea, decides to get a more long-term result, she will get it by keeping her lips in the neck of the vessel, but instead of sexy, plump lips, a swollen, mutilated with small and deep cracks will appear, and as a bonus, a halo around this semblance of a mouth from bruises and hematomas. Disastrous result!

You should start the story from the very beginning, from the very inception of the idea of enlarging your lips with the help of an ordinary bottle, making them bigger and more voluminous. Like many young fashionistas, girls begin to closely examine their external data. They are often skeptical about their still childish attractiveness, cuteness and naturalness. They find fault with literally everything in their appearance that does not fit into their opinion imposed by television about proper beauty. The dissatisfaction of young fashionistas can roll over:

for growth;
weight;
for hair length;
on skin color, eyes;
the teenager will not find his own figure attractive;
shape of legs, feet.

This list can be continued for a very long time. If fictitious imperfections of the body can be veiled by fashionable and beautiful clothes, then the face will be “corrected” by the right makeup. About 80% of teenagers, namely girls, think all of the above about themselves, and for a long time they believe that their complexes are justified!

And so, her eyes are tinted, her hair is stylishly styled, she is fashionably dressed... The appearance of “but” will not take long! But these ordinary (or thin) lips are incredibly ugly, not beautiful and not attractive. They are not stylish! Surely, not a single guy will pay attention to her now, life is practically ruined! Another imaginary and groundless problem for growing girls.

Next, the young girl is looking for ways to eradicate what she thinks is a shortcoming:

listens to advice from peers;
hysterically rereads grandmother's beauty recipes;
leafing through a medical encyclopedia;
spends hours on end in front of the monitor, looking for the necessary information.

Unlike the advice of friends to prick your lips with the sting of a wasp or bee, the method of lifting your lips using a glass or plastic vessel will seem more “advanced”, less painful and generally safe to a young fashionista.

Lip augmentation: before and after photos

Below you will see photos of patients before and after the lip augmentation procedure with hyaluronic acid. Please note that the emphasis was placed specifically on increasing volume (without hypercorrection of the red border contour). Recall that in patients with a thin upper lip, excessive contour correction would result in the upper lip becoming duck-billed.

In some cases, lip augmentation is not effective - applying fillers to the lips does not always lead to positive results. There are cases when it is simply impossible to enlarge lips using fillers. For example, to restore a practically “absent” upper lip, only surgical intervention (direct upper lip lifting technique) will be effective.

Reviews for lip augmentation will depend entirely on the competence of the cosmetologist, the correct choice of the drug, and the patient’s compliance with simple rules of behavior in the first days after the procedure. It is quite obvious that the patients whose photos are posted above were satisfied with the result of the procedure. However, in some cases, undesirable consequences are also possible (we will also talk about them below), and here we must admit that 90% of cases of undesirable reactions after lip augmentation are associated precisely with mistakes made by cosmetologists during the procedure.

Dull pigmentation and unclear contour: leaving for last

Uneven distribution of pigment is another problem that cannot be corrected with fillers alone. In this case, you have to use permanent makeup. But permanent makeup alone will not help older patients: “When women try to do permanent makeup on purse-string wrinkles, they should be prepared for the fact that the pigment will lie unevenly on the skin, flow into uneven surfaces and depressions, and the line will be uneven,” shared our expert Anna Smolyanova shares her experience.

In combination with permanent makeup, the difference in the features of the correction is that first they do the procedure that will last longer. If a permanent makeup artist works using a dust technique (and this is the most modern and optimal option), which will last about six months, then it is better to use filler first. To prevent permanent makeup from visually reducing your lips, avoid too bright and saturated colors, give preference to nude shades.

Side effects and complications –

Below we have listed the main undesirable effects that occur during or after the lip augmentation procedure with hyaluronic acid:

hematomas (Fig. 17),
edema,
reactivation of herpes,
sensation of lumps of material in the thickness of the lips,
movement of the filler in the thickness of the lips,
excessive correction (hypercorrection)
lip asymmetry,
less often - granulomas, ischemia, necrosis, abscesses.

How long does swelling last after lip augmentation: swelling is a natural reaction of tissues to injury, and after the procedure it can last from 2 to 7 days, which will depend primarily on the traumatic nature of the lip augmentation technique used. For example, fan techniques are less traumatic to tissue, but the Paris sponge technique is one of the most traumatic. Small hematomas occur due to injury to small blood vessels and this is normal, but the occurrence of large hematomas is already associated with improper injection technique, which often leads to injury to large vessels. If injury to large vessels occurs during the procedure, the procedure is stopped immediately.

The problem may be the so-called migration of filler in the lip tissues, i.e. its movement. This complication occurs due to the erroneous injection of filler into the muscle layer of the lips. Also, many patients complain of clumping, which occurs due to uneven distribution of filler in the thickness of the lips and/or due to the use of fillers that are too dense. In most cases, it can be eliminated by massaging the lips in the first days after the procedure. Some patients also complain of an uneven surface of the lips, which may be due to the superficial injection of too dense a filler.

Sometimes whitening of the lip (ischemia) occurs, which is a consequence of compression of the artery or its embolism. If help is not provided immediately, ischemia will end in necrosis of the lip tissue. Rarely, but still there are cases of inflammation associated with a violation of asepsis, which can even result in the formation of an abscess and the need to open it (corticosteroids and antibiotics are prescribed in parallel).

There is a group of complications that occur delayed (1-4 weeks after the procedure). This includes, for example, granulomas, the appearance of which is the body’s reaction to a foreign body. In this case, granulation tissue forms around the filler fragments. Granulomas are treated by injecting the lips with the enzyme hyaluronidase, which breaks down the filler. Delayed hypersensitivity reactions may occur, which is manifested by the formation of inflammatory nodules. Often this reaction occurs to residual substances in the filler used to stabilize/crosslink hyaluronic acid molecules.

The most toxic such component is BDDE (1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether). The recommended residual concentration of this substance is 0.9-1.0%, and exceeding it increases the risk of developing hypersensitivity reactions (according to the Benjamin Ascher monograph). Therefore, you need to be very careful when choosing a filler, and always look at the BDDE content in it. If the filler contains BDDE and the manufacturer does not indicate its concentration, which often happens in cheap fillers, in our opinion, it is not worth the risk using such a product.

An example of one of the complications after lip augmentation with filler -

Important: but the largest group of complications is patient dissatisfaction with the aesthetics of enlarged lips. For example, this could be lip asymmetry, which occurs due to uneven removal of the material by the doctor. This may be hypercorrection of the contour or volume of the lips (duck beak, saucers), etc. Fortunately, the effect of the procedure is not permanent and is reversible. On average, the effect lasts about 6 months, and if you are unhappy with the appearance of your lips after the procedure, then you will either have to be patient for a while, or use injections of hyaluronidase or longidase enzymes, which will quickly dissolve the filler.

Reasons for contraindications

There are several contraindications after lip augmentation. You need to follow them for about a week to a month after the procedure. This will give the skin the opportunity to recover and will not lead to unexpected results.

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Smoking, drinking alcohol

Alcoholic drinks delay the natural production of hyaluronic acid, which leads to early formation of wrinkles and muscle weakness in the lip area. When alcohol enters the body, the structure of the injected hyaluronic gel is disrupted, which leads to allergies and deformation of the shape. Drinking alcohol is not recommended until complete healing.

Smoking is not recommended; nicotine has a constricting effect on blood vessels. This slows down healing and can increase the duration of tissue swelling.

Drink hot liquids

Care should be taken with temperature conditions. Do not get carried away with cold compresses, stay in the cold without protection, limit the consumption of hot foods.

When hot liquid enters the lip area and into the body, blood circulation increases and blood vessels dilate, which contributes to swelling and the formation of microcracks. It is acceptable to eat medium-temperature food and drink warm tea. It is enough to refrain from hot foods on the first day.

Solarium, sunbathing

Complete restoration of the lip tissue occurs in 2-3 weeks. During this period, you should not sunbathe in the sun or in a solarium. When body temperature rises and metabolism accelerates, hyaluron breaks down. This may result in changes in shape that become noticeable.

After the rehabilitation period, sun and ultraviolet bathing is allowed when applying a cream or lip balm with a high SPF.

Sports activities

Intense physical activity is contraindicated: gym, running, dancing. With such activity, there is a rush of blood to the head, and with increased blood circulation, the hyaluronic gel begins to split. There is a risk of hyperemia, swelling and deformation of the created outline.

This restriction will take from 7 to 14 days (depending on the speed of the recovery process). You are allowed to engage in professional sports after a month.

Preparations for lip augmentation –

Below we have listed the main hyaluronic acid fillers that are most often used for lip augmentation. Below we have also indicated the purchase cost of the drugs, because there are strange situations when the final cost of the service is almost equal to the cost of the drug. This can only happen in one case - when a cosmetologist uses counterfeit drugs that do not have a certificate of conformity.

Juvederm® Ultra Smile (instructions) is a very good filler, both for creating lip volume and for working with their contour. Needle diameter – 30G. The effect lasts about 6 months. Each package contains 2 syringes (0.55 ml each), the cost of 1 package is from 9,000 rubles.

Juvederm® Ultra 2 –

This drug is suitable for those who need to perform only a small amount of lip volume correction and work more specifically with the contour. Needle diameter – 30G. The effect lasts up to 6 months. The package contains 2 syringes of 0.55 ml each, the cost of 1 package is about 9,000 rubles.

Juvederm® Ultra 3 – optimally used only to increase lip volume. because it is quite dense and has a needle diameter of 27G. The duration of the effect is about 6-8 months. Of the entire Juvederm family, this is the cheapest filler, the cost of which starts at 6,200 rubles per 1.0 ml.

Juvederm® Volbella is an elastic filler with a 30G needle diameter. The drug is suitable for both increasing volume and correcting lip contour. Juvederm Volbella is made using Vycross® technology, which means the effect lasts about 12 months. The package contains 2 syringes of 1.0 ml. The cost of 1 package is about 16,000 rubles (i.e., the cost of 1 syringe will be about 8,000 rubles).

Restylane® Lip Volume (instructions) – this gel is designed to both increase volume and create lip contour. Approved for use in persons over 21 years of age. An excellent drug with an effect of up to 1 year. The cost of 1 syringe with a volume of 1.0 ml will be about 9,500 rubles.

Belotero® Intens - filler Belotero Intens can be used both to create volume and to correct the contour of the lips. It has high cohesiveness (does not migrate in moving areas) and a high elasticity index. The cost of 1 syringe with a volume of 1.0 ml is from 7,000 rubles. The effect lasts about 6 months.

There are a lot of other fillers, among which there are also much more budget ones, for example, Princess and Gialax fillers (their cost is only about 3,500 rubles per 1.0 ml), but it must be admitted that they are significantly inferior in their characteristics to the above listed materials. They are more difficult to work with, they are not as elastic, plastic and cohesive, and their consumption to achieve a similar result will be higher. And all this must be taken into account when choosing. You can read more about comparing different types of fillers in the article -

→ Use of fillers in cosmetology

Lip augmentation procedure

Before using the drug, you need to consult a competent cosmetologist. During this consultation, the specialist must understand the client’s wishes regarding the size and shape of the lips, as well as clarify the presence of possible contraindications to the use of these injections.

The drug, which contains hyaluronic acid, is selected by a specialist individually. Before performing the procedure, it is recommended to undergo a course of antibiotic treatment for herpes, including the use of a special medicinal cream. This will help destroy the infection, which exists in almost every body, and can cause a negative reaction after administration of the drug.

The drug is administered under local anesthetic. The procedure is carried out in a chair and takes little time. Before introducing the acid, the cosmetologist applies an anesthetic and antiseptic cream to the patient’s lips, so it is practically painless. After which the drug is slowly injected using a very thin needle. To ensure the desired effect, 10 to 20 punctures are performed. In this case, 2-3 ml of the drug is used. In some cases, 1 ml is enough, and 3-4 ml can be used to correct the shape of the lips.

After the procedure, swelling of the lips occurs for several days. Most often, swelling occurs after a night's sleep. Light redness goes away within a few hours. The quality of the procedure, as well as the duration of the effect, depends on the drug used and the doctor’s technique.

How much does lip augmentation cost: price 2020

For lip augmentation procedures, the price will depend on the brand of filler used, as well as its volume. To increase the volume of the lips of still quite young patients, 0.5 to 1.0 ml of the drug is usually sufficient. With pronounced age-related atrophy of lip tissue, as a rule, a larger amount of material is needed - about 1.5-2.0 ml. The required volume of material will also depend on the type of filler. For example, fillers that are not fully hydrated with water will expand in the tissues within a day after the procedure, so they are required in a smaller volume than fully hydrated fillers.

Prices may vary significantly if you have the procedure done at a dermatological center or with a private cosmetologist. For example, the price in the clinic for 1.0 ml of Juvederm Ultra 3 is usually about 13,500 rubles. However, in beauty salons the price can be 10,000 rubles (for the same volume of the drug). In some cases, it must be admitted, private cosmetologists use “gray import” drugs. This will be evidenced by the fact that a cosmetologist offers you a price for a service that is close to the cost of the drug itself.

Price for 1.0 ml in specialized clinics in Moscow and St. Petersburg –

Juvederm Ultra 3 – about 13,000 rubles.
Juvederm Volbella - about 15,000 rubles.
Restylane Lip Volume – from RUB 16,000.
Juvederm Ultra Smile - about 16,000 rubles (for 1.1 ml), and from 8,000 rubles - for 0.55 ml.

How to enlarge lips without plastic surgery: 3 effective recipes

Who among us has not dreamed of having lips like Angelina Jolie, or, at worst, like Scarlett Johansson? Since ancient times, plump lips have been considered one of women’s main weapons for seduction. But from dozens of stellar examples we see that increasing lip volume with plastic surgery gives an effect completely opposite to sexuality. How to make lips plumper, but beautifully and without silicone? Read in our material!

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Seductive lips are the result not only of good heredity, but also of proper care for them. If the skin on your lips is dry, cracking and flaking, then no matter what your natural shape is, sexy lips are out of the question. You can get plump, well-groomed lips not only with the help of expensive cosmetics or plastic surgery.

How to make an ombre effect on lips: step by step tutorial

We have prepared for you 3 effective recipes for natural products that simultaneously care for your lips and increase their volume!

Homemade cinnamon scrub

Cinnamon thickens the skin well and “puffs up” the lips a little; in fact, this is how the skin of the lips reacts to the spice, in the form of slight swelling. Lips become noticeably plumper, and the effect lasts about 4-6 hours.

You will need: - 2 tablespoons of brown sugar; - ½ tablespoon of olive oil; - ½ tablespoon of liquid honey; - ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon.

Mix all ingredients until smooth, apply to lips and massage gently with fingertips for 3 minutes. Rinse off the scrub and apply a moisturizing balm to your lips.

Homemade balm with cinnamon and vitamin E

Cinnamon gives the balm a delightful aroma and the effect of increasing lip volume, and vitamin E is responsible for extending shelf life, and also protects and nourishes lips.

You will need: - 4 tablespoons of natural coconut oil; - 1 ½ tablespoons beeswax granules; — 2-3 capsules of vitamin E; - ¾ tablespoon of liquid honey; — 15 drops of cinnamon essential oil; - an empty container for balm.

Melt the coconut oil and beeswax in a double boiler or double boiler, let them cool for a couple of minutes and add the contents of the vitamin E capsules, honey and essential oil. Mix all ingredients until smooth and pour into an empty container. After 10-15 minutes, the balm will harden and the texture will become like butter. You can use it as often as you want.

Cayenne pepper mask

Contraindications to the procedure –

Lip augmentation should not be performed in the following situations:

during pregnancy and lactation,
in the presence of oncology, if clinical recovery is achieved, at least 5 years must pass and permission from the oncologist must be obtained (hyaluronic acid preparations can stimulate relapse of oncology),
acute infectious diseases,
inflammatory processes in the lip area,
diabetes,
autoimmune diseases,
tendency to form keloid scars,
if fillers of unknown origin were previously injected into the patient’s lips.

Important: if you have a history of thyroid disease, this can also be regarded as a relative contraindication. In this group of patients, tissue filler destruction occurs much faster than it should. Additionally, you should always tell your doctor if you are taking medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen.

What not to do after lip augmentation –

After lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid, they require special care. Recommendations after lip augmentation include the following points. During the first 24 hours you should avoid:

physical activity,
You can’t use cosmetics on your lips,
drinking alcoholic beverages,
Do not sunbathe or expose yourself to significant heat for several days,
In addition, it is undesirable to use drugs with paracetamol or NSAIDs (for example, naproxen, ibuprofen, etc.) for several days.

Contraindications

Like any procedure, lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid has its contraindications. Therefore, the specialist must clarify with the patient the main aspects of his health condition in order to clarify whether the procedure will harm the person.

The main contraindications include:

Hypersensitivity to hyaluronic acid or other components of the drug;
Inflammatory processes on the lips or the skin around them;
Herpes. If present, it must be treated before injections;
Taking anticoagulants;
The presence of scars or cicatrices on the lips, as well as the tendency to form them;
Allergic reaction to a pain reliever;
Pregnancy and breastfeeding;
Various skin infections and dermatitis;
The presence of silicone or other filler in the lips.

Additionally, if a person has any chronic medical conditions, they should consult their doctor about the safety of using hyaluronic acid for lip plumping. It is also not recommended to administer the drug if you have undergone other facial care procedures or applied any anti-aging cream to your skin during the same period or recently.

There are no other contraindications to the procedure. Therefore, if you feel well and do not feel any general malaise, you can safely sign up for the procedure.

Lip augmentation at home –

It is worth noting that the lip augmentation procedure is quite expensive, and patients are looking for ways to get what they want at a lower cost. Due to such demand, products for lip augmentation at home without injections have recently appeared on sale, such as -

lipstick to increase lip volume,
balms and creams for lip augmentation,
various lip masks.

These drugs are an excellent embodiment of meeting the demand to save money on an expensive procedure, and were developed by competent marketers. The only way for these products to increase lip volume is to cause swelling of the lips by irritating the tissues with any chemical in the composition. But as practice shows, the effectiveness of such means tends to zero. We hope that our article on the topic: How to make lips bigger was useful to you!

Sources:

, 2. Personal experience of using fillers, 3. National Library of Medicine (USA), 4. https://aestheticsjournal.com, 4. “Injection methods in cosmetology” (B. Asher), 5. “Anatomy & Lip Enhancement” (Nabila Azib, Jean-Baptiste Charrier).

Create voluminous and lush lips in just two minutes

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Do you want lush, voluminous lips a la Angelina Jolie? Currently, on the Internet you can find many methods and devices that, according to their authors, will help enlarge your lips and make them fuller. However, in practice such methods turn out to be either ineffective or even very dangerous. But what to do if you don’t want to enlarge your lips with salon procedures? The solution is simple - an amazing homemade mask for visual lip enlargement.

Making a lip enlargement mask at home

The effect of lipsticks or other cosmetic products for lip enlargement is based on the fact that a certain component in their composition stimulates blood circulation in the capillaries of the lips and thereby leads to the fact that the lips appear plumper and more voluminous. It is due to the stimulation of blood circulation that the effect in such cosmetic products occurs.

Lip enlargement mask

However, many express methods for lip augmentation that are offered on the Internet can be quite dangerous and lead to negative consequences, such as allergic reactions, itching of the skin around the lips, redness, burns or swelling. To prevent this from happening, I bring to your attention a safe, simple, but very effective mask that will allow you to enlarge your lips in just two minutes.

Of course, this mask, like all store-bought express lip augmentation products, has a short-lived effect. So, the effect of the mask lasts from 4 to 6 hours.

Moisturizing lips: vitamins, care and home cosmetics

Author Yulia Razumnaya

27.01.2009 17:00

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Dry, chapped, flaky lips that you always want to lick are one of the most common problems during the off-season. Painful microcracks can occur for a number of reasons - from a lack of vitamins A and E, from stubborn lipstick, and even from fluoride-containing toothpaste.

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Causes of dry lips:

Cosmetologists identify three main reasons:

1. A lack of vitamins A and E can cause not only increased dryness of the lips, but also their peeling and cracking.

2. Fluoride-containing toothpastes have a dehydrating and irritating effect. Their influence is sometimes so strong that inflammation of the skin around the mouth and microcracks in the corners of the lips appear.

3. Long-lasting lipsticks that promise makeup for several hours. The fact is that such lipsticks penetrate deeper into the skin pigment, degrease the skin, and moisture evaporates from the surface of the lips faster.

So how to solve the problem?

Help for dry lips. Vitamins A and E on your table

The daily requirement of an adult for vitamin A (in terms of retinol) is 1 mg. Increase the proportion of vitamin A-rich foods in your diet.

Make carrot salads more often, eat yellow peppers, orange fruits, sea buckthorn, prepare various dishes from the liver, heart and brain.

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Vitamin A is found in products of animal origin: fish oil, butter, cream, cottage cheese, cheese, egg yolk.

b-carotene (provitamin A) has the greatest activity. It is believed that 1 mg of b-carotene is equivalent in effectiveness to 0.17 mg of vitamin A (retinol).

Apricots, rose hips, black currants, pumpkin, spinach, cabbage, celery tops, parsley, dill, watercress, carrots, sorrel, and green onions are rich in b-carotene.

The amount of vitamins changes according to the color of the products in a reddish-yellow color: the more intense this color, the more vitamins in the product.

But!

Excess vitamin A also leads to cracked and rough lips.

Irritation and cracks in the corners of the mouth are often caused by a deficiency of B vitamins, found in fish, eggs, milk, liver, cheese and leafy greens. Other sources include oatmeal, pumpkin seeds, brewer's yeast and wheat bran.

Green Mama cosmetologist-consultant Olga Denisova advises:

“The most frost-sensitive area on our face is the lips. Their skin is very thin and lacks sebaceous glands. Therefore, before going out into the cold, be sure to apply a protective product to your lips.

Green Mama's regenerating and protective lip balm SPF 2 will come in handy both in the scorching heat and in the bitter cold. It softens and moisturizes lips.

If your lips are chapped or chapped, you can use improvised means - lubricate them with honey overnight, and rinse them with water in the morning. Do not use dry matte lipsticks in cold weather; now nourishing and oily lipsticks applied to a balm are more suitable. Do not lick your lips on the street, this will dry them out even more as moisture evaporates from their surface.”

Lip care. Homemade cosmetics

Honey is perfect as a nourishing lip balm at home; hold the honey on your lips for 10 minutes, then you can lick it.

Use vegetable oil as a homemade moisturizer.

“In order to keep your lips smooth and fresh for a long time, it is advisable to wipe them with the juice of some fruit or berries every day,” advises dermatologist Marina Tymchishina.

Apply cream, balm or lipstick before each time you go outside. Hygienic lipsticks and lip creams are an excellent base for lipstick.

Preparations with tea tree oil or Amur velvet extract will help prevent the appearance of herpes.

Twice a week, the cream, balm or hygienic lipstick that you use daily can also be used as a lip mask.

Apply the product to your lips in a very thick layer and leave for 10-15 minutes. Then blot the remaining cream with a napkin.

Cosmetologists advise not to use long-lasting decorative lipstick in winter.

To remove makeup from your lips, use milk to cleanse dry skin, or better yet, cosmetic cream.

If, despite all the precautions, your lips become dry and rough, do not try to remove the loose flakes of skin. Dry, dead skin should be softened with a compress of warm brewed regular black tea.

A lack of vitamins A and E can cause not only increased

Place a cotton pad soaked in tea on your lips for 15-20 minutes.

By the way, if you make a tea compress regularly, the contour of your lips, which usually blurs with age, will remain clear.

After the tea compress, use a soft brush to massage your lips to remove dry patches of skin.

You need to touch carefully. Move the brush up and down. This massage can only be done if there are no bleeding cracks on the lips.

After the massage, you can make a nourishing mask - apply linseed or mustard oil to your lips for 20 minutes.

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What to do if you have small lips?

Lips are the most sensual part of our face, especially if we are talking about women. They serve not only to eat or talk, but also attract attention with their beauty. Oh, those plump lips, how many men’s hearts they have broken and how many women envy each other about this. But, on the other hand, every representative of the fair sex has probably thought about lip augmentation at least once in her life. Moreover, now, in the age of the heyday of plastic surgery, this has become possible. But you don’t have to use it, because lip fillers have been invented that can help you enlarge your lips in a natural way.

The lip augmentation procedure is not even called surgery; rather, it is a cosmetic intervention. You may be asked to have silicone (an artificial implant) or fat from another part of your body (a natural implant) injected into your lips. There are a lot of pros and cons in both procedures, but first of all you should be embarrassed by the invasion of your body by a foreign object not for the sake of health, but for the sake of beauty. And in terms of cost, this procedure is far from cheap. That's why many women began to look for other methods that can help them visually enlarge their lips.

In fact, there are some traditional medicines for this, for example, the use of a variety of scrubs and lip masks. To do this, add salt or sugar to regular baby cream or Vaseline and lightly wipe the surface of your lips, then the blood will quickly adhere to them and your lips will look beautiful and fresh. In addition, in this way the keratinized layer of dead cells is removed from their surface, making them plump and healthy.

Also, every day, when you brush your teeth in the morning and evening, be sure to make it a rule to rub your lips with a brush, this way they will also visually enlarge. Apply a special lip balm to your lips, especially in windy and frosty weather, which you can prepare yourself by taking the same Vaseline or baby cream and adding a few drops of peppermint oil or cinnamon oil to it. They refresh the lips; thanks to their use, blood flows to the lips with greater force.

You can also visually enlarge your lips with the help of properly applied makeup. To do this, you need to purchase a soft shade of lipstick, powder and a white or nude lip pencil. Try to apply everything correctly and sequentially: trace the outline of your lips with a pencil, slightly protruding beyond the edges, then a soft lipstick, then gloss. In general, try to love yourself as you are, without increasing or decreasing anything, then everyone around you will never know about your shortcomings!

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Relaxation of lips

Lip augmentation: reviews, photos and videos

Anesthesia –

Creating a lip contour –

Adding volume to the body of the lips –

Eversion of the upper and lower lips -

Lifting the corners of the mouth –

If you have purse string wrinkles -

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Lip augmentation: before and after photos

Dull pigmentation and unclear contour: leaving for last

Side effects and complications –

Reasons for contraindications

Smoking, drinking alcohol

Drink hot liquids

Solarium, sunbathing

Sports activities

Preparations for lip augmentation –

Lip augmentation procedure

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Contraindications to the procedure –

What not to do after lip augmentation –

Contraindications

Lip augmentation at home –

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Making a lip enlargement mask at home

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What to do if you have small lips?

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