Dermal filler can be injected into lips, but how does the doctor know where to inject it? Here is a video re the assessment and treatment dermal filler lips.
The following issues need to be assessed prior to injection
- overall size
- proportion of lips compared to face and other features
- distance between nose and upper lip
- distance between lower lip and chin
- projection of upper and lower lips between each other and also other areas of face including chin and nose
- vermilion border
- ageing of lip
- lines in lips and at border of lip
- the presence of marionette lines/folds
- the oral commisure
- the proportion of upper to lower lip
- the width of the lips
- what occurs to the lips in motion e.g. on smiling and talking
- the symmetry of the lips
- the desires of the patient, what they find aesthetically pleasing in a lip
These are just a few of the issues that are considered when injecting a lip