What a woman wants to have beautiful expressive full lips? But is it worth doing? For most women, the ideal option - it is full of sensual lips, but the upper lip slightly thinner bottom. Sometimes there are violations of compliance volume upper and lower lips, a sharp outcropping gums of the upper jaw with a smile, genetically thin lips. Lips become thin and loses its expression and with age, and they can lengthen their imbalance occurs due to the fact that the upper lip is usually undergoes a great change. When facelift necessarily carried plastic lips, or face is unattractive.

When the plastic lip is really needed

Lip held:

• if there is a congenital defect in shape of the lips;
• when slack lower lip;
• imperforate scar at the corners of his mouth;
• if there is on the lips of various benign growths (cysts, papillomas Papilloma - do not treat lightly , Fibroids Fibroid tumors (fibroids) - when necessary intervention of a doctor? , Angioma);
• If you have any age-related changes - wrinkles around the lips, thinning, sagging;
• if the patient is not satisfied with his form of the lips;
• asymmetry in the lips.

Preparation

Preparation for plastic lips - is, above all, the identification and treatment of all chronic diseases, including allergies, since after plastic surgery in the wound area can be inflammatory and allergic reactions Allergic reactions: how to understand why you tickle in the throat . This occurs rarely, but, nevertheless, it is better not to take risks and how to be treated.

Types of plastic lip

There are different types of plastic lips, which are used depending on what the patient wants to be the result of: contouring plastic surgery to create a new red border, and others.

• Contour lips using biogels

Contour Lip done to increase the volume of lips. This amount is increased by injection under the skin of the lips special gel. The choice of drug depends on the condition of the skin of the lips and on the desired duration of drug action. Now there are drugs that can temporarily change the shape of the lips, just a few months. Under local anesthesia the gel was injected to the lips, and then with the help of massage evenly distributed over the surface. Since the lips are many blood vessels that occurs after contouring of swelling and blueness that hold no more than two weeks.

In order to quickly restore the function of tissue contouring lips after lips on the first day apply a cold, and then - massage and physiotherapy. After contouring the lips it is also recommended that a temporary waiver of heat treatments (for example, from the solarium) and physical activity. As water from the gel is gradually absorbed, sometimes lip contouring procedure is repeated through 1-1, 5 months. Effect after contouring lips kept up to a year, after which the gel is absorbed and contour plastic lips can repeat. Contour lip is often done in conjunction with a common facial plastic surgery or correction of wrinkles, which gives a person a great spectacular.

• Contour of the lips with the help of their own adipose tissue (fat injection, lipofilling)

For this to inject own fat tissue from the abdomen under the skin of the lips. This procedure allows to achieve stable results for a long time. The operation is performed under local anesthesia. In place of taking the adipose tissue no trace remains. Hospital stay after such an operation is not required, and the result is visible almost immediately (a few days keeps only a small swelling Prevention and treatment of edema - it is important to understand the root cause   lips).

• The operation to create a new red border

Correction of the lips with the help of gel increases the amount of red border, but does not improve the shape lips. If you want to change the shape of the lips, then under local or general anesthesia is performed the operation of creating a new form of the red border. To do this, cut a strip of skin just above the upper lip, the upper edge of which is creating a new drawing contour lips. After removing strips of skin sewn edge. The bandage is removed in a week, a few days later allowed to use lipstick. Sealing lips and loss of sensation in the skin in the area of ​​postoperative scar gradually goes through 3-4 months.

• Correction thin lips

Correction thin lips (lip lift) - a non-positive and non-traumatic surgery. It usually runs smoothly and does not cause complications and noticeable scars (the scar is usually located on the border of a red border and the skin).

To venture even a small plastic surgery on her face, you need to carefully think about it, and perhaps consult with a plastic surgeon. He will find that you advise.

Do not make her lips, "like Angelina Jolie," because they will be placed on your, and not on its face and could void your individuality.

Galina Romanenko

What is plastic lower eyelids

With age, the skin is stretched and lower eyelids droops, and it is formed by the free space, which could be exposed to subcutaneous fat, forming large bags under the eyes. Such bags are properly called hernia century. The tendency to the formation of hernias of the lower eyelid is often hereditary and depends on the characteristics of the structure of the skin and subcutaneous tissue in this area. In some cases, defects appear in this area at a young age.

If the hernia century only began to take shape, it can be right or redistribute. But fully formed eyelids hernia better operate. During the operation, carried out excision of the hernia, and excess skin in the lower eyelid. In some cases, the operation is performed by a cut not from skin and conjunctiva side, in this case after surgery no visible scars.

Most often held simultaneous plastic upper and lower century - it allows you to preserve the natural shape of the eye, or (at the request of the patient) to give another form of eye shape. This is called blepharoplasty. With the help of blepharoplasty can solve almost all cosmetic problems of the lower eyelids, but to remove wrinkles in the outer corners of the eyes in the form of crow's feet will not work - this is done using a total facelift.

Plastic and lower eyelids - a difficult operation and it requires sufficient experience of the surgeon.

Indications and contraindications for

Plastic lower eyelids do in the following cases:

• at hernias lower eyelids;
• the formation of plots under the lower eyelids sagging wrinkled skin.

Eyelid surgery is contraindicated in acute infectious diseases, exacerbation of chronic diseases, diseases accompanied by bleeding disorders (tendency to bleeding), diabetes Diabetes - threatening and incurable disease   (if it violated the body's defenses and any infection can cause disease), skin diseases Skin diseases - what to do when violated the basic functions of the skin   in the face area.

How is the operation

Since eyelid - it is quite complicated and time consuming operation, it is performed under general anesthesia. The surgeon makes the skin incision below the lashes in the lower eyelid along the natural skin folds. Then remove excess skin and fatty tissue, which forms a hernia, and the wound is sutured using special cosmetic sutures. Sometimes adipose tissue is not removed and redistributed. In the future seams will hide in the natural folds of the skin, blackness, and become completely invisible. On seams superimposed sterile gauze bandage, which covers and eyes.

After some time after the surgery, you may receive a pain in the surgical wound, in such a case will receive a conventional anesthetic. In addition, prescribed drugs that reduce swelling Prevention and treatment of edema - it is important to understand the root cause   and inflammation in the area.

Swelling of the soft tissues at the site of the operation lasts 10-14 days, bleeding in this area (bruises) may go for a week. Longer keeps bleeding in the eyeball - up to 14-20 days. Sutures are removed about the 4th day, but a few days on the area of ​​the joints impose a special sticker.

In some cases (but not always) after surgery for several weeks held such unpleasant phenomena as lacrimation, blurred vision and loss of eyelashes, but eventually it all goes. Ordinary household not heavy work load and the patient can perform in 1-2 weeks. But since that time, post-surgical sutures can still be seen, it is advisable to wear glasses with tinted windows. Cosmetics in the first few weeks after surgery should be hypoallergenic, exerting gentle effect on the skin.

The effectiveness of the lower eyelid plasty and postoperative complications

The effectiveness of lower eyelids plastic high - for a few years on the issue will be forgotten. But time is relentless, the old and the skin continues to expand, so it's possible and repeated plastic lower eyelids.

Unpleasant complications after plastic lower eyelids can be ectropion - eversion of the lower eyelid. Ectropion occurs more often or with a sharp decrease tissue turgor, or improperly performed operation when removed too much skin. Ectropion may be some time to pass, and if it does not, it is removed as quickly.

Among other possible complications can be noted postoperative wound infection, which is, of course, extends the recovery period after surgery, but does not cause severe consequences.

Plastic and lower eyelids - a common operation and experienced plastic surgeon, it is not too difficult.

Galina Romanenko