Cheiloplasty: how and why surgical correction of the lips is performed

Lip correction – this is one of the most popular requests when patients contact aesthetic medicine specialists. Not only women, but also many men want to have sensual, plump, bright and expressive lips today. The attractiveness of the face is determined not only by the volume and size of the lips, but also by the level of the corners of the mouth, the clarity of the contours and even the relief of the surface of the lips. Modern aesthetic medicine offers several options for lip correction, and among them there is an effective surgical technique – cheiloplasty. Why do patients prefer this method and how is surgical cheiloplasty performed – read on estet-portal.com in today's article.

Cheiloplasty or filler injections: when to choose surgery

Lip correction is often associated with aesthetic medicine and injections, as lip augmentation with injectable fillers is one of the most requested cosmetic procedures today.

However, there are situations, for example, congenital or acquired defects of the lips (cleft lip), which can not always be treated with injections.

In this case, cheiloplasty surgery really helps out patients by helping to restore the aesthetic and attractive appearance of their lips and face in general. This effective technique has several options for implementation, which are discussed in more detail below.

Cheiloplasty:

• parameters of external attractiveness of lips in aesthetic cosmetology;
• cheiloplasty possibilities: what can surgical correction of the lips do;
• how is cheiloplasty performed: three main technical options.

Parameters of external attractiveness of lips in aesthetic cosmetology

In aesthetic cosmetology, there are three main parameters that are indicators of the external attractiveness of the lips:

• volume of the lips, that is, the degree of their swelling;
• lip width;
• upturned upper lip, due to the distance from the upper border of the red border of the lips to the base of the nose. Ideally, this distance is 12-15 mm, and it is this distance that ensures the openness of the smile, due to the slight exposure of the lower teeth and up to 1/3 – 2/3 top. If this distance is less than 12 mm, the upper teeth and part of the gums fully open during a smile . But it is cheiloplasty that can easily solve this problem.

The possibilities of cheiloplasty: what can surgical correction of the lips

The parameters of attractiveness of the lips depend on the individual features of the structure of the face, and change under the influence of external factors such as smoking, excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation, and so on, as well as in the process of aging of the body. Reduced elasticity and turgor of tissues leads to the formation of wrinkles above the upper lip, the skin stretches and sags, and the distance from the red border to the base of the nose increases. At the same time, due to the fixation of the mucous membrane to the gum, the upper lip, as it were, turns inward, almost completely covering the teeth when smiling, and the width of the red border itself decreases. Cheiloplasty effectively helps to correct all these changes, because the operation is performed for:

• lip augmentation;
• corrections of their shape;
• elimination of small wrinkles around the lips;
• Asymmetry correction.

How a cheiloplasty is performed: three main technical options

The general principle of all surgical lip augmentation techniques is not to increase the volume of the upper lip, but to lift it. There are three main technical options for performing cheiloplasty:

• "gullwing" - the technique consists in making two incisions along the contour of the upper lip and parallel to it, which close at their ends, and the selected area of ​​the skin is excised. When the skin is joined along the edges of the incisions, the lip is everted and pulled up. The excised area of ​​the skin has the shape of a gull wing, which explains the name of the technique;
• internal and external bullhorn or bullhorn technique - with this technique, a strip of skin is removed under the base of the nose, and the connection of the edges of the incisions reduces the distance from the red border of the lips to the base of the nose, due to which the upper lip rises. The technique is so named because, after excision of the skin, wavy lines are formed, tapering at the edges and resembling bull horns;
• VY frenuloplasty or Paris technique - this is plastic frenulum. The first option involves making small vertical incisions in the shape of the letter V on the inner surface of the lip, after which it is turned up, modeled and sutured, as a result, the line of incisions takes the form of the letter Y. The "Paris" technique - consists in making the same cuts, but not only in the vertical, but also in the horizontal direction, due to which you can additionally make the "core"; more expressive in the central part of the lip.

Regardless of which cheiloplasty technique is chosen – the technique equally effectively helps to correct the shape of the lips.

Surgery provides an opportunity to improve the appearance of the lips for a long time, significantly increasing the attractiveness of the entire face. Thank you for staying with estet-portal.com. Leave your questions and comments in the comments to this article.

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