Very early post-operative result (the following day after surgery) of a young lady who underwent upper and lower lip skin advancement, also known as lip lift or gull wing lift. As can be seen in the post-operative pictures, the patient has not only obtained more voluptuous lips but they are also more symmetrical secondary to a removal and shortening of the upper white lip below the nose. Most of the asymmetries of her lip have been corrected which were due to a persistent facial spasm that the patient obtained secondary to a Bell's pasly facial paralysis that occurred years earlier.
Also note the use of clear sutures as per the patient's request since she desired to appear as inconspicuous as possible in the post-operative recovery period. There is obviously significant swelling at this point and over the next few months the lips will develop into slightly smaller but very natural aesthetically pleasing contours.
