Lip reduction surgery

Some women are born with larger and thicker lips, and many are not very satisfied with the shape of their lips. Nowadays, people can make their lips smaller through surgery. To make your lips smaller, you need to go to a professional plastic surgery hospital and have a professional doctor perform the surgery. There must not be any deviation during the operation. So, how to perform lip reduction surgery?

Introduction to the surgery

"Thick lips" means that the thickness of the upper lip of men is more than 9 mm and the lower lip is more than 10.5 mm; the thickness of the upper lip of women is more than 8 mm and the lower lip is more than 9 mm. From an aesthetic point of view, thick lips always give people a "dull" feeling, which can be improved through lip thinning surgery. Thick lips are caused by thickening of lip tissue, wide, protruding and excessive exposure of the red lips. It is usually related to race and genetics. It can also be caused by chronic inflammatory hyperplasia of the lip mucosa and mucous glands.

principle

The thick lip thinning surgery requires careful preoperative design based on the patient's actual situation. The incision is designed according to the width of the red lip tissue to be removed, and then the mucosa is cut along the designed line. The wedge-shaped incision is deepened to remove an appropriate amount of the orbicularis oris muscle, and the natural shape of the lips is designed according to the proportion of the patient's facial features. After lip thinning surgery, the lips become natural, coordinated, and beautiful.

First, measure the excess growth and mark it with methylene blue. An incision line is designed at the junction of the lip mucosa on the inner side of the lip vermilion and the oral mucosa. To ensure that the lip bead of the upper lip is obvious after lip thinning surgery and to increase the beauty, the incision line should be designed to be arc-shaped, parallel to the lip arch edge of the upper lip, with a width of generally 4-6 mm and a depth of no more than 6 mm. The longitudinal sections of the two incisions form an angle of 70-90 degrees. The two ends of the incision can be appropriately extended to the cheek to avoid the corners of the mouth.

"Cat ears" and keep the corners of the mouth natural. Lip thinning surgery can be performed for patients with facial nerve paralysis, hypertrophy of lip connective tissue and flat lower lip caused by Crohn's disease, and precursor symptoms of epithelial cancer. The lip thinning operation takes about 1 hour and is performed under local anesthesia. The swelling will start to subside 3-5 days after the operation and will be basically recovered in 10 days.

Precautions

1. Patients with hypertension and diabetes should inform their doctor of their condition during the initial visit so that the doctor can confirm the lip thinning surgery plan.

2. Before lip thinning surgery, make sure you have no infectious diseases or other body inflammations.

3. Do not wear makeup before the operation.

4. Women should avoid lip thickening and thinning surgery during the menstrual period.

Postoperative precautions

1. Generally, no dressing is applied after surgery. After the incision is sutured, antibiotic ointment is applied and oral antibiotics are taken for 1 week to prevent infection.

2. A liquid diet for 3 days ensures the effect of lip thinning surgery;

3. Use mouthwash, such as borax or Dobell's solution, gargle 4-6 times a day and pay attention to oral hygiene after lip thinning surgery.

Postoperative characteristics

There may be some bleeding or bruising in the first few days after the surgery, but after recovery, the standard lip shape will be revealed.

Recovery time

The length of time it takes to recover from lip augmentation depends largely on your postoperative care. The incision scars of lip augmentation are hidden inside the mouth, which is ideal. Taking the upper lip as an example, under infraorbital foramen block anesthesia (local infiltration anesthesia is generally not used to prevent swelling of the upper lip during surgery), an incision approximately in the shape of the lip is made on the inner side of the lip (in the mouth) in order to make the thick lips thinner and the lip bead of the upper lip more obvious after surgery; to enhance the beauty of the lip, attention should be paid to the curvature when designing the incision.

After lip thinning surgery, the wound should be covered for 1-2 days before being exposed again. Wipe the wound with medicine 1-2 times a day and apply antibiotic ointment to keep the area clean. In addition, oral and lip activities should be reduced, liquid food or fluid replacement should be taken within 3 days, and antibiotics should be used routinely to prevent infection. Swelling of the lips after surgery is generally more obvious and lasts for about 2 weeks. Apply ice compresses more often within 72 hours after surgery to help reduce swelling. Apply antibiotic ointment locally twice a day and remove the stitches in 5 to 7 days. By following the postoperative care given by your doctor, you can effectively shorten the recovery time of lip augmentation and thinning. Moreover, the recovery time of lip augmentation and thinning surgery is also related to the individual's physical condition, which the doctor will remind you before the operation. It is also more conducive to your recovery after lip thinning surgery.

1. After the operation, limit the movement of the mandible, avoid opening the mouth wide, give liquid food through a tube, comfort the child, and prevent excessive crying to avoid dehiscence of the wound on the affected side.

2. The wound surface in the surgical area can be exposed and applied with 75% alcohol and 3% hydrogen peroxide every day. Keep the face clean and perform oral care.

3. Remove the facial skin sutures 5-7 days after surgery. The sutures on the oral mucosa can be left to fall off on their own or removed after two weeks to avoid premature removal and subsequent opening of the mouth which may cause the wound to split.

4. Antibiotics should be used for 3-5 days after surgery to prevent infection.

5. Do not smoke within two weeks after the operation.

6. Avoid spicy and irritating foods. Pay attention to oral hygiene.

Surgical results

1. The surgical incision is hidden inside the mouth and cannot be seen.

2. No scars or adhesions.

3. Beautiful lips shape.

4. Lip movement is not restricted.

5. There is nothing unusual about the lips.

Advantages of surgery

1. Beauty: The lip reduction surgery undergoes careful aesthetic design before the operation. After the operation, not only the lips become thinner, but also become sexy and beautiful.

2. No scars: The lip thinning surgery uses an incision inside the lip, leaving no scars after the surgery, giving a natural and beautiful look

3. Personalization: The lip thinning surgery designs the thickness of the lips according to the individual lip shape and face shape, so that you can have your own beautiful lip shape.

Frequently asked questions

1. What are the common aesthetic defects and deformities of the lips?

Common unsightly or deformed lips include thick lips, thin lips and secondary cleft lip deformity.

2. What is thick lip deformity and what are the causes?

Lip thickness refers to the thickness of the upper and lower red lips when the mouth is gently closed. Medical cosmetology experts believe that the standard for beautiful lips for women is 8.2 mm for the upper red lip and 9.1 mm for the lower red lip. Men's lips are 2-3 mm thicker than women's. The lip thickness changes significantly with age, and becomes significantly thinner after the age of 40. In addition, the lip thickness varies among different races. Africans have thicker lips, while Northern Europeans and North Americans have thinner lips. It is generally believed that thick lips are those with a central thickness of 8-12 mm on the upper and lower lips respectively.

The main causes of thick lips are: congenital hypertrophy, double lips (the two lip edges can be seen when the mouth is open or closed), less commonly facial nerve paralysis, Crohn's disease causing hypertrophy of the connective tissue of the lips, etc.

3. What is the best treatment for thick lip deformity? Is it painful to thin thick lips?

Since there is no effective drug that can thin hypertrophic lips, the most ideal correction method for thick lip deformity or double lips is thick lip thinning plastic surgery. This operation is not very complicated and is usually performed in an outpatient clinic under local anesthesia. An incision is made along the red lip mucosa on the side of the mouth, parallel to the upper and lower lip arches of the red lip edge, and a strip of mucosa with part of the submucosal tissue and orbicularis oris muscle is removed. Through fine cosmetic suture, the thickness of the red lips is restored to the standard of beauty. The operation was not long and not painful.

side effect

Lip thinning surgery is to remove a strip of oral mucosa and muscle in a fusiform or zigzag shape at the junction of the skin and mucosa of the upper and lower lips and vermillion, depending on the thickness of the lips. The incision is then directly sutured to thin the lips. The surgical incision scar is hidden inside the mouth, and the effect of lip thinning is ideal. After the operation, the local area should be kept clean, and the activities of the lips should be reduced. Liquid food should be taken within 3 days. The stitches will be removed 5-7 days after the lip augmentation and thinning operation, and there are no side effects.