Achieving celebrity-style sensual lips is possible through medical aesthetics. According to experts from the Plastic Surgery Department at the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, lip augmentation is one of the most common cosmetic procedures in plastic surgery, capable of achieving highly desirable lip contours.
Experts at the Air Force General Hospital indicate that current lip enhancement techniques include both surgical and non-surgical methods, selected based on the individual's specific lip concerns. Common issues include:
Excessively thick lips
Overly thick lips can create a coarse appearance and often require subtle refinement to achieve a more delicate lip shape.The surgical approach involves first designing a pattern on the mucosal area of the lips, then excising excess tissue or adjusting thickness before suturing. Since sutures follow natural skin creases, the procedure leaves no noticeable scars and prevents future deformation.Lip augmentation is straightforward. Beyond adjusting lip width to ideal standards, local injections of fat or dermal tissue can simultaneously enhance fullness. Since autologous tissue is used, there is no foreign body reaction or long-term complications. Incisions are minimal and confined within mucosal tissue, minimizing scarring.
Small Mouth Shape
Beyond congenital factors, some individuals require slightly larger mouth corners for professional reasons (e.g., actors or singers). Additionally, many patients with reduced mouth corners due to burns, trauma, or scalding undergo mouth corner enlargement surgery. This procedure involves excising a diamond-shaped skin flap from the outer lip and everting the inner red lip. Postoperative scars can be concealed through lip tattooing.
Excessively Long Upper Lip
Imbalance in proportions between the upper lip, lower lip, and jaw may result in a relatively elongated upper lip. Correction involves excising a strip of skin and muscle along the vermilion border curve at the junction of the red and white lips beneath the upper lip, thereby shortening it. Since the incision is made at the lip border, postoperative scarring is minimal.For those with a slightly longer upper lip, mucosa and muscle can be excised from the oral side at the junction of the red lip and oral mucosa to shorten the upper lip. This procedure typically leaves no visible scarring.