Tissue grafts from the neck can be used to augment a person’s lips, according to a 
study published in the March/April issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
To increase lip projection and fullness, the procedure uses a specific neck muscle and its adjacent tissues as an implant. Twenty-five participants in the study saw an average increase of 0.9 – 0.99 mm of lip projection, and results were long lasting.
In recent years, several different methods have been utilized in lip augmentation procedures. Fat grafting, collagen injections and surgisil implants have all been used, but the current gold standard is hyaluronic acid. Wrinkle fillers like Restylane and Juvederm are often injected to add volume and enhance the shape of the upper lip, lower lip and Cupid’s bow, while also addressing wrinkles around the mouth.
Read an abstract of the study in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery
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