Lip Lift Before & After Photos

This African-American woman in her 20’s wanted a conservative lip lift to raise her upper Lip so that her lips would be fuller.

Dr. Rodriguez performed an Upper Lip Lift (bullhorn lip lift) on this 38 year old patient. He excised a small amount of skin from the base of the nose which lifted the lip slightly. The final measurement of the space between the base of the nose and the top border of the upper lip was 1.0 cm (10 mm).

The Lip Lift lifts the upper lip such that the patient has a more pleasing expression. Original pre-op distance from vermillion border to nose was 1.8 cm (18 mm), and final post op measurement was 1.2 cm (12 mm).

This patient in her 40’s underwent a Lip Lift with Dr. Rodriguez in Baltimore to remove a small amount of space between her nose and upper lip. Although only one week post op in the these photos, this patient had a dramatic transformation with the Lip Lift.

Before having the Lip Lift procedure, this female patient seemed to have a unhappy expression on her face. The Lip Lift changed the shape of her mouth to give her a natural, relaxed pleasant expression.

This 27 year old woman wanted to shorten her long upper lip for a fuller upper lip and a more pleasing smile.

This conservative Lip Lift removed only a small amount of skin from the base of the nose to give a better shape to the lips. The shape of the mouth is changed to a more pleasing expression.

Before and after lip lift photos of a male patient who wanted a very subtle change in his upper lip position.

This 49 year old had 5 mm of skin removed at the base of the nose to lift the upper lip resulting in a more youthful looking mouth. Originally she had a philtrum to vermillion lip distance of 1.8 cm (18 mm).

Lip Lift performed on a 55 year old, 5-ft, 5-in woman to rejuvenate the mouth area.The result left her final philtrum to vermillion border measurement equal to 1.0 cm (10 mm).

This 49 year old patient had a lip lift to reduce the distance between the base of her nose and the top of her upper lip for a fuller smile with a little less of a frown.

This 40 year woman old elected a lip lift for a permanent lifting of the lips, resulting in a more youthful shape and a fuller, younger looking smile.

This patient had an upper lip lift for a fuller upper lip and a more youthful facial expression. Post-op measurement was 1.1 cm.

This patient wanted to reduce the space between the base of her nose and the top of her top lip for fuller, younger looking lips.

This 42-year old male had 1.5 cm (15 mm) pre-op distance from the vermillion border (top lip) to the base of his nose. Dr. Rodriguez placed the surgical marking to remove only 2 mm-4 mm of skin (at the base of the nose) to achieve the best shape for the lips. With even just this small amount of skin removed, the distance between his nose and upper lip was noticeably shortened to bring balance to his lower face.