When you think about lip injections you may picture the big, overdone lips of decades past. But luckily products, technology and physician expertise have drastically changed since fillers first came to market. These days, lip injections can be expertly tailored to suit each patient’s natural features, colouring and desired outcomes. The goal is to achieve natural lips that inspire confidence.
Are you considering lip injections? Have you found yourself wishing your lips were fuller, less creased or more proportionate? Read on for 4 things you should know.
Permanent silicone injections are a thing of the past...hooray! Today, doctors typically use hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers, such as Juvederm, Restylane and Belotero to enhance lips. HA is a naturally occurring sugar in the skin, meaning you aren’t injecting a foreign chemical substance that you’ll have to live with for life. And HA fillers in the lips typically last up to one year, meaning you can tweak to suit your preferences over time.
Lip injections work fast. While you may experience slight bruising and swelling post-treatment, your new look will be visible as soon as the doctor is done. Which means that you can fix—or even completely reverse—anything you aren’t happy with. If you’re dreaming of lip injections, but worried about the results, don’t be. And with next to no downtime, you don’t have to hide away during a recovery period. Instead, you can face the world with renewed confidence right away.
Many patients worry that lip injections will change the sensitivity of their lips, but that isn’t the case at all. Your lips will continue to feel like your lips, to you and to others—even when you’re kissing. After all, you’re injecting a natural substance that already occurs within the skin, and you aren’t doing anything to impact the lips’ surface or nerves.
Treatment pain continues to be primary concern for patients and the most common question we get from those considering lip injections. The truth is, the pain from lip injections is really just a small pinching sensation—and if you’re especially worried, a topical anesthetic or numbing gel can make the treatment much more comfortable.
There are plenty of reasons patients worry about lip injections, ranging from celebrity lip procedures gone wrong to fear of pain and recovery. But the reality is, lip injections are relatively comfortable and don’t require a ton of downtime, making them an easy way to enhance your confidence overnight.
To have more of your lip injection questions answered by our team of injection experts, book a consultation at our West Broadway clinic.