As a feature that isn’t significantly improved by diet and exercise, thin lips can often feel like something you’re just “stuck with.” But there’s no reason to settle for being stuck, thanks to the comprehensive suite of injectable fillers offered by our team at Laser Skin Solutions Jacksonville.
Led by Dr. Leziac, a Board-Certified Physician with more than two decades of experience in aesthetic and laser medicine, our team of expert injectors specializes in providing fully customized dermal filler treatment to patients looking for a natural-looking rejuvenation. Read on to learn all about this highly sought after treatment, including what to expect, how to maintain your results, and much more.
What Are Lip Fillers?
Thanks to their major surge in popularity over the past several decades, most people know about cosmetic fillers, but not everyone understands the actual mechanisms involved in this treatment.
How Lip Fillers Work
Lip fillers are cosmetic injectables that add volume, reduce the appearance of fine lines, and impart several other key benefits to the skin (often depending on where they are injected and the formulation). Many lip fillers are formulated with hyaluronic acid, a compound produced by the body naturally that can hold hundreds of times its own weight in water. Other fillers are made with similar compounds, such as calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHa) and others.
Fillers enhance the fulness and texture of the skin by directly boosting volume, increasing moisture retention in the treatment area, and promoting key healing processes like collagen and elastin production, which further tighten and smooth the skin.
Other Areas Treated by Dermal Fillers
While the focus of this guide is dermal fillers for the lips, there are also chin fillers, jawline fillers, cheek fillers, under eye fillers, and other kinds of injectables for just about every area of the face. A well-rounded cosmetic fillers treatment plan often incorporates multiple locations, including addressing under-eye bags, poor jawline definition, and other common aesthetic concerns.
Lip Filler Benefits
The primary advantage of lip filler injections is evident in the name of the treatment itself—boosting lip volume for a fuller, more attractive appearance. But this is just one of several benefits offered by this non-surgical facial rejuvenation treatment, which can also improve lip asymmetry and shape, reduce fine lines, and more.
Addressing Asymmetry and Shape
The vast majority of people have some form of facial asymmetry, and the lips are by no means exempt from this statistic. In fact, lip asymmetry tends to be more noticeable than that of most other facial features. Thankfully, lip filler treatment can dramatically improve lip asymmetry in addition to boosting volume, but only when administered by an expert injector. The same goes for the overall shape of the lips.
Improved Facial Harmony
At Laser Skin Solutions Jacksonville, we always factor in proportionality and harmony when making any intervention that can affect the size and/or volume of your facial features. In the case of dermal fillers for the lips, this means making sure that the change in lip volume and/or shape does not clash with the alignment and size of your eyes, cheeks, and so forth.
Texture
Hyaluronic acid injectable fillers are especially effective for improving skin texture, including the lips, because of their hydrating effects. Other dermal fillers that use collagen-promoting formulations can also improve lip texture.
Quick, Convenient, and Affordable Treatments
Finally, soft tissue fillers can be injected in as little as half an hour, depending on the case, and with minimal discomfort. Costs can vary according to the formulation, provider costs, treatment area(s), and more, but dermal fillers are typically less costly than more invasive rejuvenation alternatives like facelift.
What to Expect from the Treatment Process
The first step in a successful facial filler treatment plan is to report for a consultation. In a consultation appointment, Dr. Lezaic will carefully evaluate your medical condition, presentation, expectations of treatment, and other factors to confirm whether or not you are an ideal candidate for this treatment.
Then, when it’s time for treatment, your lips will be numbed with a topical agent to minimize discomfort as much as possible. The injection site will be cleansed, and the injection(s) will be administered using a fine needle. In some cases, the provider will massage the treatment area to facilitate the perfusion of the injection into the tissue.
Results and How to Make Them Last
In most cases, dermal filler results are immediately noticeable. Depending on the brand of injectable, the formulation, and several factors unique to your situation (age, skin type, etc.), results can last between four or five months to two years.
The best way to prolong your results is to minimize sun exposure, stay hydrated, undergo follow-up treatments, and follow healthy lifestyle practices like sleeping and avoiding smoking. After treatment, you will be provided with personalized aftercare instructions by our team. It’s important to follow these guidelines as consistently as possible, as they will be tailored to your skin type to enhance results.
Achieve Plump and Pouty Lips With Dermal Fillers by Laser Skin Solutions Jacksonville
Trusted throughout the Jacksonville, FL area and beyond as a reputable provider of lip filler treatment, our team at Laser Skin Solution Jacksonville is here to deliver you an effective, rewarding, and fully customized treatment plan that exceeds your expectations.
We are passionately committed to making every patient feel welcome, and will answer any and all questions you have regarding your treatment. Contact us today for a consultation, and we’ll get you started on your journey towards totally rejuvenated skin.
