The lips are often one of the first areas where wrinkles appear in women.
They are also a demarcated unit between the nose and the cheeks that presents deflationary changes, that is, it decreases in volume throughout its entire extension.
It also presents challenges specific to the form itself and, above all, to the fear of creating unwanted changes with the various correction methods.
How long does laser lip rejuvenation last?
The first challenge is to achieve a rejuvenated appearance to the lips.
Various alterations could be established, among the most common we have:
- Vertical rhytides of the upper lip.
- Oblique wrinkles of the lower lip.
- Increase in the distance between the nose and the upper vermilion.
- Loss of definition of the white line.
- Presence of actinic damage.
- Altered texture, lumpy appearance.
- Presence of lentigines.
- Thinning of the vermilion.
- Thinning of the entire labial unit, upper and lower.
- Sunken corners.
- Increased folds from the nose to the chin
The first uses of lasers were dermabrasion, with many complications from depigmentation to scarring. Aging lips have many more alterations. Dermabrasion does not correct deflationary changes.
However, hyaluronic acid has its own challenges.
Non-cross-linked hyaluronic acid is used for hydration for a few months, some of them only for one, creating little adherence for the patient to continue using them.
Medium cross-linking hyaluronic acid is more adaptable and can last for a longer period of time and can last up to one year.
Deep fillers last a year and a half but are only used as support or “anchor” in the contours of the pyramidal fossa next to the nose to reduce the sinking and on the chin to outline it.
Subdermal hydration fillers are very useful
