What methods does Dr. Lam use for lip enhancement?
First, we should begin with what method Dr. Lam does not use for lip enhancement. He does not believe in placing any kind of solid implant in lips like Advanta, Softform, Ultrasoftform, or Gore-Tex into the lips. These solid implants have numerous problems. First, they appear artificial since the entire lip is ballooned out at the same size. Dr. Lam likes to shape a lip so that it does not look like a sausage. Second, these implants simply feel unnatural when you kiss someone or eat food or lick your lips since they are very hard. Even if the implant feels soft in your hands, they invariably become hard over time and can also shrink, shift, and risk infection. For all of these reasons, Dr. Lam no longer performs surgically inserted solid lip implants as mentioned above for the lips.Dr. Lam prefers to use injectable fillers as the mainstay of therapy to enhance one’s lips. He prefers two types of fillers: hyaluronic acid based fillers (Restylane®, Juvéderm® Ultra) for an immediate but t
