What is Lip Thickening?
Some people's congenital lip structure may be thin, or lip thickness decreases as the amount of adipose tissue on the lip decrease due to ageing. There are different methods for thickening according to the type of problem on the lip or the age of the person.
• Processing of soft tissue taken from the body
• Using filling material.
• Advancement of labial mucosa.
Autogenous (taken from the patient) or synthetic (produced for filling) materials can be used to thicken or shape the lip. Oil graft, dermis graft, fascia graft from autogenous materials can be used in lip thickening. Since the fat graft is largely dissolved after some time after the procedure, its permanence rate is low. Since the fascia graft and the dermis graft undergo less dissolution, their permanence rates are high.
By placing the tissues into the lip, the volume of the lip is increased, thereby thickening takes place. Lip aesthetics is an easily performed procedure under local anaesthesia.
The swelling that occurs after surgery usually disappears around 10 days. It is possible to thicken the lip without surgery by using the "hyaluronic substance" which can be injected under the mucosa and under the skin, which is present in the human body. "Calcium hydroxyapatite", which is a filler in the form of injection and offers a more permanent solution, has been developed recently and is applied in our clinic. The permanence period of the process carried out with this substance is about seven to eight years.
What is Lip Thinning?
It is an aesthetic surgery procedure for thinning the lips that are too thick from birth or that become too thick afterwards due to some diseases. An ellipse-shaped piece is removed from the thick mucosa (red coloured part) of the lip along with the adipose tissue underneath and stitch to the relevant part with a suitable method. This minor surgery is performed under local anaesthesia. Bruises and oedema that occur after the operation disappear within a few days. The stitching the mucosa does not leave any scar on the patient's lip after surgery.
