Just recently, when posing in front of cameras, almost all the young ladies in the world, including Hollywood stars, folded their lips into a “ducky” shape. The original meaning of this grimace was that the face in the photograph turned out to be thinner, the cheekbones more defined, and the lips more plump.
Expert comment:
“This kind of antics makes most people simply stupid. But there is no trick against fashion. There are even entire tutorials on how to make duck lips!
However, not everyone can just smile sweetly and become themselves after the photographer’s flash. The reason for this is excess gel in the upper lip area.
For many years, we at Platinental have been correcting the mistakes of others: in one operation, we remove gels and return women to the normal shape of their lips.
Women call and come to us every day for whom duck-shaped lips –
not a funny fashionable grimace, but a real problem that cannot be dealt with without the help of a doctor
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Vasiliev Maxim, plastic surgeon.
We can easily correct unsuccessful correction with hyaluronic acid gels using special Spanish enzymes to eliminate excess filler. But permanent fillers require a radical approach.
Photos before and after
“This is an example of how the perception of a face changes after harmonization.
I removed the biopolymer from Marisha’s lips, and her eyes immediately “lit up.” This is the rule: the gaze of the beholder always catches the eyes, so nothing should distract from them - neither a large nose, nor lips. Moreover, the adjusted lips immediately lengthened the lower third of the face, making it more model-like and memorable. Plump lips are a feature that is initially atypical for the Caucasian type of appearance. This means that girls with a certain type of appearance can afford such large lips and still look natural.
And it’s not a matter of skin color at all - lips should have a “place” on the face. That is, the proportions of the lower third of the face should be of sufficient length to accommodate plump lips. Ideally, the height between the upper and lower lips should be 1/4 of the distance from the tip of the nose to the chin.
But in harmonizing appearance, not everything is so simple. If the tip of the nose is tilted down, then it “cuts off” the full face, shortens the above distance, and the lips, even after moderate contouring, look artificial.
Only a true artist who knows and understands the principles of appearance harmony can correctly fit new lips into the structure of your face.” Performed by surgeon: Andrey Iskornev
Before and after photos of lip reduction surgery. Performed by surgeon: Andrey Iskornev.
A patient in a beauty salon was given a biopolymer gel instead of hyaluronic acid. The biopolymer changed the proportions of the lips, leading to the development of the so-called “duck mouth”.
The gel was removed from the patient through intraoral access and the lip shape was corrected. Surgeon - Iskornev A.A.
Review:
“Thank you :) well, in one word, I am delighted!!!!! I remember how I walked and covered my lips)))) but now I’ve forgotten that I once faced this problem and the rehabilitation was generally easy, I expected terrible pain, which didn’t even happen) Andrey, thank you so much again for removing me from my life is a huge complex! You are simply a miracle person, talented, a huge professional, and by the way, your lips turned out worse in the photo than in life)))"
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Lip care
There are several anatomical factors that contribute to lip aging. These are certain characteristics that can be improved through aesthetic procedures. Surgical procedures or less invasive solutions - proper makeup (lipstick, lip gloss, pencil without irritants) or injections ( and ) can significantly improve or even restore the appearance of the lips.
The main factor when deciding to inject filler is the feeling of disproportion of the lips, their weak expression and lack of femininity. Most often, women decide to undergo this procedure if their lips are not as full as before, their size does not harmonize with the face, teeth are visible, one lip is larger than the other, or when some other part of the face dominates.
There are often two main factors that motivate correctional procedures: the feeling that the lips have lost their former beauty and are beginning to undergo age-related changes, or initial dissatisfaction with the way the lips look. In both cases, women seek to get rid of wrinkles around the lips and increase their fullness.
Often those who have already undergone the procedure and those who are just thinking about it compare their lips with the lips of other women. Less often - with the lips of celebrities, but such a comparison is not always pleasant.
Drooping lips reduce overall energy. Thin lips are associated by others with stinginess and severity. Full lips – with cheerfulness, generosity and a cheerful character. The appearance of the lips affects seductiveness rather than sex. Any sign of artificiality is repulsive, so changes in appearance should be very skillful and unnoticeable. The essence of correction is not to deceive nature, but to return or slightly correct what nature gave you.
“I don’t want to change – I just want to go back 10 years.”
When the lips begin to wrinkle a little, the lipstick no longer looks as attractive due to the fact that the color does not apply to the lips as smoothly as before. Dark or bright colors especially emphasize thin lips and wrinkles on them. In this case, lip gloss is preferable. The goal of aesthetic therapy is to restore energy and freshness to the face within the framework of femininity and seductiveness.
A newborn baby is a real miracle, in which mom and dad, grandparents, and grandparents dote on them. How can one not admire this defenseless little lump that sniffles so touchingly in its cradle? Adults are pleased to find their own traits in the baby and argue about who he looks like. But if you look closely at a newborn, you will see striking differences from adults.
First of all, attention is drawn to the disproportionately large head, short arms and legs. It is no less interesting to look at the face of a newborn. Young mothers are ready to do this for hours. Here, the eyes are like dad’s, and the lips are like mom’s. Hardly anyone thinks that the lips of a newborn also have a special structure, in order to ensure that the baby, first of all, comfortably obtains food from the mother’s breast.
Where do duck lips come from?
Many probably remember how in the 90s, in pursuit of modern trends, women rushed to perform plastic surgery. Lifts were made, noses were straightened, breasts and lips were enlarged. The girls strived to become like both the Pam Anderson heroines and the Barbie doll.
Today it is difficult to imagine the gullibility with which they placed themselves in the hands of plastic surgeons (especially considering that highly qualified plastic surgeons then could literally be counted on the fingers of one hand).
Particularly affected were the lips, which were mercilessly pumped with silicone and polyacrylamide gels. It would seem: what’s the problem? One visit to a cosmetologist - and beautiful lips are guaranteed for life!
Unfortunately, these gels differ from modern preparations based on hyaluronic acid. A few years after the introduction, they begin to migrate, gather in lumps, grow into the tissue of the lips, become inflamed, scar, deform the lips and... hopelessly spoil the face.
However, those whose procedure was successful were not very lucky either. A few years later, girls with duck lips began to go out of fashion, and doctors did not undertake to correct gel-pumped lips.
Expert comment:
“The upper lip has become like a duck’s” is the most common complaint with which victims of those desires for beauty come to Platinental today.
The so-called “duck mouth” occurs when, at a young age, an excessive amount of filler is injected under the skin in the area above the upper lip.
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Of course, not all problems with lip augmentation are related to unsuccessful injections. There are cases when a woman or man has a disproportionate mouth from birth or after suffering an injury. But such cases are rare.”
Iskornev Andrey, plastic surgeon.
How to increase the duration of the effect
After the procedure, in order for the resulting effect to last as long as possible, you should follow the following rules:
- quit smoking.
- Avoid exposure of lips to direct sunlight , use protective equipment;
- do not use low-quality cosmetics ;
- avoid infectious and fungal diseases;
- to the sauna can also negatively affect the condition of the lips .
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- Hyaluronic acid
Hyaluronic acid and collagen
- Olga Aleksandrovna Kalinina
- September 16, 2020
How long lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid is enough depends not only on the quality of the drug, but also on how often the procedure will be carried out, what kind of care will be provided after visiting a cosmetologist and on the characteristics of the body.
It is also worth knowing that the effect lasts up to a year, which will significantly reduce the number of visits to clinics and salons and material costs.
When does the lower lip shake in newborns?
You need to pay attention to how the lower lip of a newborn shakes. If not only the sponge shakes, but also the baby’s entire head, if such shaking occurs for no apparent reason, then most likely this is a manifestation of pathologies such as:
- Prematurity. In this case, the baby’s nervous system requires more time for its development than in full-term babies. Quite often it can “fail,” expressed in the form of lip trembling.
- Muscle hypertonicity.
- Severe stress experienced by the mother during pregnancy can also affect the baby's nervous system, as the mother's adrenaline crosses the placenta and causes disturbances in the development of certain brain structures.
- Hypoxia experienced by a baby in utero negatively affects the development of the nervous system and brain. As a result, the child experiences tremors and other abnormalities.
- Intrauterine infection, threat of miscarriage, rapid labor, and other pathologies during childbirth also provoke problems with the baby’s nervous system and can be manifested by trembling of his lips.
If lip tremor is detected at the initial stage, it is quite easy to eliminate. Typically, specialists prescribe vitamins, strengthening massage, medicinal baths, physiotherapy and swimming. Thus, do not be alarmed if you notice lip tremor in your newborn. This problem can be quickly resolved if you contact a specialist as early as possible.
A cleft lip is a congenital malformation of the tissues of the nasal cavity and upper jaw.
(when these tissues do not fuse together completely). Externally, the defect looks like a specific cleft of the upper lip.
The pathology is relatively rare, in approximately 0.04% of cases, and is more often diagnosed in boys. Often, against the background of a cleft lip, a newborn also has another defect, which is a cleft in the palate ().
The prerequisites for the development of the disease can be observed in the prenatal period using ultrasound.
. Correction of the defect in children is carried out only surgically. We will talk about the causes of cleft lip in this article.
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What do the lips of a newborn look like?
The lips of a newborn baby are normally pink. They are tightly closed and symmetrical. The main distinguishing feature of a newborn’s lips is the so-called “physiological callus.” It is a special skin formation in the form of a roller, located on the baby’s upper lip. The callus has a grayish tint. Thanks to this formation, the baby grasps the mother’s breast more tightly, providing the necessary tightness during sucking, and extracts milk more easily.
Some newborns may have abnormal lip structure. An example of such an anomaly is, for example, the “cleft lip,” which is caused by incomplete fusion of the lip and upper palate. This defect prevents the child from sucking, since the tightness of the oral cavity is broken. A cleft lip can be eliminated surgically. The time when the operation can be performed is determined by the doctor.
Classification
Cleft lip can be unilateral or bilateral. Depending on the depth of the crevice, several subspecies
of this disease:
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Characteristics of the pathology
Cleft lip in a child - photo:
A cleft lip is a congenital defect of the bones of the maxillofacial system.
, manifested as a cleft on the upper lip. The cleft can have different sizes, most often through it you can see the oral cavity.
In some cases, the depth of the cleft is quite significant; it can reach the nasal cavity.
The defect may be unilateral
(the cleft forms on the right or left side), or
bilateral
(appears on both sides at once), in most cases there is a cleft that occurs in the middle of the upper lip.
How dangerous is the disease?
The defect, in addition to aesthetic problems, is accompanied by such phenomena as:
- Difficulty swallowing
. - Dental disorders
. If the problem is not eliminated before the baby's first teeth begin to emerge, this may lead to the absence of some teeth, or, conversely, to the appearance of extra ones. - Speech impairment
. The child cannot pronounce certain sounds correctly, and his voice becomes nasal. - Hearing impairment,
possible otitis media. - Difficulties in adaptation
. The child experiences psychological problems related to his appearance.
Over time, the child’s bite becomes disturbed, and this is fraught with problems such as impaired digestion of food (since the child cannot chew it well) and a tendency to form caries.
Diagnostics
It is not difficult to make a diagnosis after the birth of a child; just a visual examination
newborn
In this case, the child will also need consultations with an ENT doctor.
This is necessary in order to determine whether there are any other problems (for example, cleft palate, abnormalities in the structure of the nasal cavity).
Signs of a cleft lip can be recognized in the prenatal period.
This can be done using an ultrasound as early as 14 weeks of pregnancy. However, in order to finally confirm the diagnosis, you will need to gather a medical consultation.
This is very important, since this pathology is the basis for termination of pregnancy.
Of course, the decision in this case is made only by the woman herself, but at the legislative level, abortions at a given period in the presence of pathology are permitted
(in normal cases, artificial termination of pregnancy is prohibited after 12 weeks).
When does a newborn's nasolabial triangle turn blue?
The nasolabial triangle in a newborn is another “key point” that parents should pay attention to. The fact is that quite often the nasolabial triangle of newborns turns blue and parents do not know how to react to this. Is this blue discoloration of the nasolabial triangle safe or should we sound the alarm?
In fact, the fact that the nasolabial triangle turns blue in newborns can be both a safe phenomenon and a symptom of certain pathologies. Thus, cyanosis of the nasolabial triangle often occurs when the baby has very thin skin in this area and veins are visible through it.
The nasolabial triangle often turns blue in newborns with severe respiratory tract disease. This is, in particular, pneumonia or other lung pathologies. In such conditions, the rest of the baby’s skin is pale.
Blueness of the nasolabial triangle can also be caused by a heart defect, heart failure, or a malformation of the pulmonary artery. Parents should be alert if the cyanosis does not disappear at those moments when the child is at rest and is not experiencing physical and emotional stress. This is a reason to urgently consult a doctor.
Differences from cleft palate
Cleft lip is often accompanied by other malformations of the maxillofacial apparatus. The most common cases are when, in addition to a cleft lip, a child also has a cleft palate - a more serious problem.
, causing serious problems with breathing, swallowing, and speech.
The differences between these two ailments lie in the location of the defect.
Thus, with a cleft lip, the pathological process involves the soft tissues of the maxillofacial system, and in some cases, the bone tissue of the upper jaw.
The cleft palate is a cleft located in the area between the nasal cavity and the palate
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Why do lips become thin?
Age-related “disappearance” of the lips occurs due to tension in the orbicularis oris muscle. It mainly occurs in strong-willed people. Try gritting your teeth and listening to your body: you will feel tension in your back, neck, and even your arms and legs. The fact is that when clenching your teeth, all the muscle-fascial chains of the body begin to tense. As soon as you relax your jaw, everything will go away. With constant, chronic tension, the face changes and the orbicularis oris muscle becomes deformed. As a result of the spasm, the lips become thin, turning into a “string”.
