All You Need To Know About Lip Injections

What Is Lip Augmentation?

Lip augmentation gives the right shape, with a fuller and plumpier appearance eradicating all the lipstick lines. It is performed with the help of using injections and needles on the lips.

Before beginning with the lip augmentation process, partial anesthesia is applied, so that the patient remains comfortable. To do the lip augmentation process, one has to visit a professional and the time might be around 5 hours for the process.

In India, lip augmentation treatments cost around 50,000 INR.

Who Performs Lip Augmentation?

When deciding on whom to get done the lip augmentation treatment from, ground research is important. You only do it from qualified specialists like plastic surgeons, dermatologists or cosmetic facial surgeons. Before reaching out to any of them, try to learn if they have performed lip augmentation before. A direct feedback from those who have experienced this treatment will let you make a better selection.

What Are Hyaluronic Acid Fillers?

In the lip augmentation process, a common terminology you will learn is hyaluronic acid fillers.

Hyaluronic acid fillers are injectable dermal fillers that are penetrated into the lips during the process. The good part about hyaluronic acid is, it is naturally present in our body and when an excess of it is added during the lip augmentation process, there is no scope of any unwanted reaction.

Hyaluronic acid increases the volume of the lips and is injected on the lips or around the lip area.

Benefits Of Lip Augmentation

When uncertain about lip augmentation process, then here are the benefits that you must note:

• Preferred Lip Volume
In the lip augmentation process, the fullness of the lip will be asked to you. Not that it will be dependent on your professional. Thus, you can easily state the kind of fullness you want on your lips.

• Slow Treatment
It is not mandatory that your lip augmentation treatment has to happen in one shot. You can break your appointments with the doctor and go gradually with this method in different sessions.

• No Side Effects
As you opt for hyaluronic acid fillers in the lip augmentation process, which is naturally present in your body, thus, the scope of reaction is less and so, you can count on this method to get better and fuller lips.

Demerits Of The Lip Augmentation Process

Not that lip augmentation process does not have a negative side. Take a look at the demerits of the lip augmentation process:

• Prolong Bruising
The most common complaint from the patients is that it leads to bruising on the lip skin, which continues to stay for upto a week. This becomes painful and time taking.

• Lip Asymmetry
Now matter how much you pre-discuss with your professional, at the end, you might not get exactly what you want as your lip shape. Worst is, if the two lips take two different shapes!

• Mouth Ulcers
As an outcome of the lip augmentation process, mouth ulcers can happen. This becomes very disgusting and it can also hamper with your usual food habits.

• Not A Permanent Remedy
Though it is said that lip augmentation is a permanent solution for getting fuller lips, if you opt for this process you have to redo it in every 5-6 months once.

To-Dos Before Lip Augmentation

• If you are allergic to lidocaine, please inform your doctor in advance of the treatment day.
• Before lip augmentation, one should avoid painkillers, fish oil, and vitamin E. This makes the blood thinner and ready for the lip augmentation process.