Lips are the focus of the face, being particularly affected by aging due to the very fine skin that covers them.
Being the source of sound and communication, the lips have always been the focal point of the face, having an important role because they smile, kiss, stray or descend when we get upset. The latest techniques of rejuvenating the lips are able to enlarge them, to moisturize them, to change their shape, to emphasize their outline or to render their beauty from their youth.
Lips are one of the most vulnerable areas for aging because the skin of the lips is thinner (3-5 layers of cellules) than the skin in other facial areas (up to 16 layers of cells). This translates into faster lip aging towards other areas of the face.
The lack of sebaceous glands leads to less protection of the lips, they dehydrate faster; lack of melanocytes leads to a higher risk of skin cancer and hyperpigmentation in the lips. Lips are exposed to mechanical stress when we talk, smile, or frown, being more affected by environmental factors.
The lips are more than the vermilion, that is the red fleshy part. The lips are defined by a well-defined area of skin around them, the perioral area, area of great importance in the procedures for lip rejuvenation.
Women of all ages complain about the appearance of their lips. The average age of patients who come to the lip correction consultation is around 25 years. However, they tend to notice that the lips age about 40-45 years, when the lipstick does not stick to the lips and smudging around them.
It has been found that women are more concerned with deeper nasolabial ditches, vertical perioral wrinkles around the lips (the so-called bar code line) than with the aging of the lip itself.
When it comes to vermilion, that is the redness of the lips, women complain about the lack of volume, asymmetry, and dehydration, and lipstick getting around them.
After the fashion trend of lips, the full and sensual look of Angelina Jolie’s lips in 2003, women nowadays want a more natural look, their aspirations varying in age: younger teenagers are more full of sensual lips, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba, while older women choose the model lips Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts.
25% of women are unhappy with their lips or smile; 50% would like to change its shape if they could, most resorting to lip enlargement and remodeling, this coming from emotional reasons, to increase their confidence and self-esteem, not to look younger.
Although the use of cosmetic and anti-aging lip products is attempted since adolescence, the satisfaction rate is very low compared to aesthetic surgery for lip augmentation and remodeling.
Lack of volume and thinning of the lips play an important role in their aging, but the loss of the definition and contour of the lips plays its role.
Looking from the side, a perioral area with a young look, is like a ski jumping track. As the face ages, it loses its curves and flattens. The lip filter, the central part of the upper lip that joints the upper lip with the nose, flattens and loses its definition. Cupid’s bow loses its curvature and contour. With age, the outline of the lips is not smooth but wrinkled, with vertical lines around the lips – code bar lines – which makes the lipstick spread, the corners of the lips are oriented downwards, which gives a sad look, micropigmentation of the lips, sunspots around the mouth; the upper lip being most affected by all the above mentioned factors than the lower one. Smoking is one of the main factors in the aging of the lips, both by dehydration and by the appearance of vertical wrinkles around the mouth.
Photo aging decreases the production of collagen which leads to water loss, dehydration and wrinkles and loss of volume.
Fading red lip color is due microcirculation problems that occur with age.
DERMAL FILLERS are the treatment of choice in the case of lip augmentation, the combination of filler types being a complex one to solve all aspects of lip aging: fillers for in-depth volume loss, fillers for contour accentuation, fillers to create a support network for the tissues around the lips, as well as the technique of injection and placement of the filling.
It is important to remember that every repetition of hyaluronic acid injection, for example, uses a smaller amount of product, and the range of effect is increased!
Botulinum toxin injections can be used successfully in combination with hyaluronic acid filters, especially to correct the corners of the lip oriented downward.
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