How is lip augmentation with lip implants performed?
The surgery is not at all complex nor does it take a substantial amount of time to perform. The surgeon, after making the necessary 4 incisions at each corner of the mouth, threads the strip through either lip and cuts the implant to the size the patient’s individual lip needs to be augmented. The ends of the implant are then rounded with small, intricate cuts to ensure proper healing and little to no friction to the inside of the lip. The incision areas are then sutured with a thin, either dissolving or non-dissolving suture material. There will be only the smallest amount of blood, miniscule actually, during the procedure due to the injections of lidocaine and epinephrine. The patient may have a drop or two inside of their mouth mixed with the patient’s excess saliva that may appear to be a lot of blood — it isn’t.
