Mother Time is continually doing her best to bring out the worst in your facial features. One of the most prominent areas affected by the ravages of time is your lips. As you age, your once voluminous lips lose their muscle tone and begin to thin out. And with it your entire face begins to lose its youthful look and eye appeal. What’s a woman to do? One answer is to seek advice from Dr. Ronald Caniglia about the benefits of lip advancement in Scottsdale.
A double board certified facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Caniglia limits his practice to the face and neck. Named a Phoenix Magazine TOP DOC by his peers, he specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery in the body area most visible to your family, friends, associates, and that special someone you are with or have yet to meet.
Can Dr. Caniglia enhance my lips without making me look like a fish?
When you come in for your scheduled consultation with Dr. Caniglia, he will examine your facial skin and take measurements of the areas around your mouth and lips, and under your nose. Before recommending any kind of procedure, he will listen to you describe what your expectations are for potential lip advancement in Scottsdale. After that, based on his findings and your input on what size and shape you envision your ideal lips to be, he can determine the proper volume necessary to rejuvenate your lips without going to extremes.
Is a vermillion advancement similar to lip advancement?
Vermillion is the term that refers to the color of the visible portion of your lips. The skin tissue of your lips is thin with many blood vessels lying underneath, creating the red, or vermillion, coloring. So, the terminology vermillion advancement is interchangeable with lip advancement.
Are some lips better than others for an advancement procedure?
A good candidate for lip advancement is someone with very thin lips; so much so that when their mouth is closed, the lips are barely visible. Also, if you have tried fillers or some other procedures that have not given you the desired results, lip advancement may be the right alternative course of treatment for you.
What is the downtime for a lip advancement procedure?
Lip advancement is performed by Dr. Caniglia on an outpatient basis in the Plastic Surgery Center at Kierland, inside The Caniglia Center. The procedure itself takes less than one hour to complete. The very next day, most patients will feel fine. In about one week, after the sutures are removed, you can return to work. Exercising and other more strenuous activities can resume by around the tenth day post-surgery. Over the next several weeks and months, the well-hidden incision line will continue to soften.
If you are unhappy with the way your lips have thinned out due to aging, overexposure to harmful UV rays, or for genetic reasons, and you would like to learn all there is to know about lip advancement and if it is right for you, please schedule an initial consultation with Dr. Ronald Caniglia by contacting his friendly staff online, or by calling The Caniglia Center at (480) 483-6200.
