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Pout perfection: Options to define, enhance, and plump your lips naturally
The smoothness, color, contour, definition, and size of your lips can significantly impact the overall appearance of your face. By “fine-tuning” these characteristics of your pout, the Lupo Center for Aesthetic & General Dermatology in New Orleans, Louisiana restores or supports an attractively symmetrical, balanced, and proportional facial appearance – all of your features “coexist” in harmony with each other! And, with our considerable expertise, any augmentation or enhancement will suit your unique characteristics, features, and personality perfectly. Your lips will never look overdone, fake, or like you’ve had “work done” on them.
How do you enhance lips naturally?
Lip filler works wonders on a “deflated” pout when in our highly-qualified hands. The key to avoiding dreaded “duck lips” is to partner with a skilled and experienced provider. There are many different types of fillers for lip augmentation, so we start by selecting the most appropriate product for you. We then precisely plan the treatment, ensuring that just the right amount of filler is injected into the right parts of your lips. Such precise treatment and exacting injections support desirable, natural-looking results, ensuring the safety and comfort of your procedure.
How does lip filler work?
An injectable treatment, fillers are specially formulated with ingredients designed to add volume to sunken or depressed areas. While fillers may be used in different parts of the face (and other body parts), they have long been associated with lip augmentation or enhancement. Often, the tissue of the lips begins to thin due to the loss of collagen that occurs gradually as part of the aging process. When we do not properly protect the lips with SPF, this feature is also vulnerable to UV damage. UV/sun exposure also hastens the breakdown of collagen. As collagen is lost, your lips may look thinner and less defined. You may also notice a poor texture and wrinkles on and around the lips. By injecting beneficial ingredients (like Hyaluronic Acid) into the lips, this filler adds fullness and improves smoothness, definition, and overall appearance.
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What fillers do you use?
HA-based fillers like Juvéderm® and Restylane® are popular, as HA is a naturally occurring molecule that attracts water to plump tissues. This process also has a smoothing effect on lines and wrinkles. While many popular fillers are a collection or “family” of different products, some of these options are specially designed for use on the lips. For instance, Restylane® Silk is made with small and smooth HA particles – perfect for the delicate lip area. These fine, gel-like particles promote natural softness, smoothness, and fullness that complements your features (doesn’t look artificial).
Are there other options besides fillers?
Yes! You may be a good candidate for a “lip flip.” Another injectable treatment, this alternative uses neuromodulators (like Botox®) instead of fillers to improve the appearance of the lips. By relaxing muscle activity in the upper lip, Botox® or other similar products can naturally and subtly flip the lip outward rather than down and inward. This treatment doesn’t add volume; it creates the appearance of a fuller upper lip, because more of its natural shape is visible.
Both of the options mentioned above can safely achieve natural results and with little to no downtime; however, maintaining your results requires ongoing “touch-up” injections. The effects of these products wear off gradually.
To find out more about ways to restore your lips or get the pout you’ve always wanted, schedule a consultation at the Lupo Center for Aesthetic & General Dermatology in New Orleans, LA, today – call (504) 777-3047.
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Our mission at the Lupo Center is to provide patients with innovative, effective, and ethical care to make each person look and feel their personal best. To fulfill our goal, we provide state-of-the-art medical, surgical, and cosmetic treatments to all patients.
Board-certified dermatologist and clinical professor of dermatology Mary P. Lupo, MD, has been a leader in the field of non-surgical rejuvenation since 1983. She travels internationally to teach her innovative techniques, and her reputation brings in patients from around the country. She started the first formal residency training program for injectables and peels in 1983 at Tulane Medical School and served as past president of the Women’s Dermatologic Society, adjunct professor of dermatology at Tulane, and a founder of Cosmetic Boot Camp. Dr. Lupo holds membership in many prestigious dermatology associations, participates in clinical trials for the approval of new drugs and devices, and acts as an advisor for numerous aesthetic-minded companies.
Dr. Lupo was recently recognized as a trailblazer for women in dermatology and for her dedication to educating dermatology residents and fellows.
She has also received the following awards:
- 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 from the 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – Recognizes full-time academicians who have dedicated their careers to educating dermatology residents and fellows;
- 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐝, 𝐌𝐃 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 and 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 from the 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 – Recognizes dermatologists of national prominence who have been trailblazers for women in some aspect of dermatology.
Dr. Lupo has authored over 90 published articles and book chapters and has spoken on various dermatological topics at nearly 480 national and international meetings and seminars.