Read - Lip Augumentation

So you want to improve the appearance of your lips? You've got your reasons. Plumping your lips often improves self-confidence and sexual confidence.

The good news is that you have many options to improve the appearance of your lips. The methods we discuss here also reduce fine lines and wrinkles around your lips. It's important to be realistic, too. Lip injections or implants can enhance and improve your natural look, but they're not about performing miracles. Lip augmentation consists of the enlargement and reshaping of normal and lower lips to improve their dimensional relation with the patient's nose, teeth, and surrounding facial structures. Lip augmentation has become a popular choice for patients seeking to improve their facial appearance.

Who Are the Best Candidates for
Lip Augmentation?

You must be in good general health overall. You are not a good candidate for lip augmentation if you have:

    * Current cold sores
    * Certain diseases such as diabetes or lupus
    * Any scarring of the lips
    * Blood clotting problems

Like any other cosmetic surgery, lip augmentation requires a lot of responsibility. You can only determine for yourself if you're ready. We've included the most popular injections and implants here. This information should serve as a general overview only and should not replace your doctor's advice. Once you've selected a doctor, you will communicate with him or her and decide together which option best suits your needs.

As with any medical procedure, you should tell your doctor of any allergies or any medications that you are taking and you will be required to discuss your medical history. Certain diseases can increase your chances of complications, such as blood clots, diabetes or poor circulation. If you are a smoker, this may also be a complicating factor.

Who should seek a collagen lip injection?
Patients wanting a fast and effective lip enhancement, a Collegan lip injection is not time consuming, and woman and men can have a positive result with a fast procedure.

What is the cost of a lip injection?
Typically the cost for a lip injection is approximately 400 to 700 dollars.

A note on the dangers of Silicone Injections?
Some patients get facial silicone injections to augment lips and cheekbones. This procedure is illegal and has been banned by the FDA. The Silicone injection procedure can be dangerous, and can end up in the long run, a disaster.

Injections
Your surgeon will most likely use topical anesthesia (painkiller applied directly to the lips) for a lip injection. This procedure is performed on an outpatient basis in your doctor's office or an outpatient center and you will be sent home the same day.

Here are the options:

    * Artecoll is a synthetic material that plumps up the lips. Because it's synthetic, you are at higher risk of having an allergic reaction to it than if you got an injection of collagen or fat, but it lasts longer than either.
    * Autologen is an injection of your own collagen, extracted from another place on your body. There's no risk of allergic reaction, however, the results are only temporary. This may be good for people who aren't ready to commit to a permanent result.
    * Collagen can be extracted from cows and injected into the lips. There's a risk of allergic reaction, so it's best to have your surgeon give you a test dose before proceeding to the full dose. The results are temporary lasting 4 weeks to three months.
    * Dermalogen is collagen extracted from deceased human donors. It's also called injectable Human Tissue Matrix. This is also a temporary fix, but your body should not reject it.
    * Fascia injections use a specific type of connective tissue harvested either from your own b