There’s no getting around the fact that your lips are the focus of a good deal of attention: You use them to speak, form expressions, and even seduce your partner with a kiss.
Given this attention, many people are turning to fillers to give their lips a little more shape and volume, while also smoothing out those pesky lines that form around the mouth. In fact, there were nearly 1.5 million lip augmentation procedures performed in the United States in 2023.
If you’re toying with the idea of refreshing your lips with dermal fillers — but the idea of coming out the other side with duck lips is holding you back — we’ve got you covered.
Under the guidance of board-certified dermatologist Dr. Juan-Carlos Caballero, our expert cosmetic team at Warrenton Dermatology & Skin Therapy Center provides lip filler services that build on your natural beauty and steer clear of turning your lips into a cartoon.
There have been scores of articles that speculate about the ideal lip shape — should the fullness be 50/50 between your upper and lower lips, or should your lower lip be twice as full as your upper lip? Should your mouth be heart-shaped? Should the peaks on your upper lip — the cupid’s bow — be more pronounced?
Our view is that there’s no one ideal lip shape, but there is a shape that we want to avoid — so-called “duck lips.” These unnaturally shaped lips come from an abundance of filler that turns your lips into more of a protruding duck’s bill than anything else.
Most experts feel that beauty often comes with a pleasing symmetry between your facial features, and we agree with this. Duck lips don’t really check this box and, instead, disrupt the proportions in your face, making it very obvious that you’ve had work done.
There are many reasons why our clients come to us for lip fillers, including:
We can accomplish each of these goals with our Juvéderm® line of fillers, which includes the go-to tool for lip shaping: Volbella®.
Our team appreciates that a little goes a very long way with lip fillers, and we endeavor to only use the right amount of filler to give you natural-looking results every time.
As much as the volume of filler that we inject matters, so, too, does the injection technique. Our team understands the nature of skin and lips, and each of our cosmetic injectors is like an artist, using dermal fillers like Volbella® to lift, plump, shape, and fill in.
As important, our team knows where to strategically inject lip fillers for great results that work with the bigger picture — your entire face. Our goal is to provide symmetry and a pleasing balance in your face by enhancing features like your lips.
Just as there’s really no ideal lip shape, there’s also no standard procedure when it comes to lip fillers. When you come in, we sit down and discuss your wishes and how we can get you there with lip fillers.
Once we have a good handle on your specific goals, we get started. Lip fillers only take minutes for us to administer, and the Juvederm family of fillers also comes with lidocaine to keep you comfortable during the quick procedure.
When we’re done, you’ll be able to walk out with your great results already in place. Even better, you can expect to enjoy these results for up to a year, at which point you can return for another quick and easy round of lip filler injections.
The bottom line? You’re in great hands with our team at Warrenton Dermatology & Skin Therapy Center: We focus on enhancing your natural beauty through lip augmentation, rather than turning you into a caricature of yourself with “duck lips.”
For expert and experienced lip augmentation, you can request an appointment online or call our office in Warrenton, Virginia, today at 540-341-1900.
