Lip flip or lip filler? Read the full comparison: lip flip vs. lip filler.
A few units of neurotoxin placed along the upper lip, injected personally by Dr. Amir Mortazavi, MD.
A small amount of product relaxes the orbicularis oris — the ring muscle around the mouth — along the upper lip border. The lip rolls slightly outward, showing more of the pink and creating the appearance of a fuller upper lip.
No volume is added. The lip you have simply presents differently.
This is a subtle treatment. That's the point, and it's also the main source of disappointment.
A lip flip produces a modest change — more upper lip show, a softer gummy smile, slightly better balance between upper and lower lip. It does not make lips bigger.
If you want visibly fuller lips, you want lip filler. Patients who book a lip flip expecting filler results are disappointed by a treatment that worked exactly as designed.
Best for:
A thin-appearing upper lip where the lip rolls inward when you smile · a gummy smile where too much gum shows · patients who want more lip show without filler · patients not ready for filler but curious · adding upper lip show alongside existing filler
Less suited to: genuinely thin lips with little pink to reveal — there has to be lip there to flip · patients wanting definition of the lip border, which is a filler task · significant asymmetry needing structural correction
What to expect: a few units along the upper lip border, taking under a minute. Onset begins day 3 to 5 with full effect around two weeks.
Duration is shorter than other neurotoxin areas — typically 6 to 10 weeks rather than three to four months. The mouth is in constant motion and the dose is small. That's normal, not a failure, and worth knowing before you book if you're planning around an event.
Temporary side effects worth knowing about. Because the muscle controlling the upper lip is being relaxed, some patients notice mild difficulty with straws, whistling, or pronouncing certain sounds for a few weeks. This is dose-dependent, uncommon at conservative dosing, and resolves as the effect wears off.
Over-treating this area is the most common error with lip flips, and it produces exactly those effects. Conservative dosing is deliberate.
Frequently combined with filler — flip for upper lip show, filler for volume and shape. They do different things and stack well.
Lip flip or lip filler? Read the full comparison: lip flip vs. lip filler.
A few units of neurotoxin placed along the upper lip, injected personally by Dr. Amir Mortazavi, MD.
A small amount of product relaxes the orbicularis oris — the ring muscle around the mouth — along the upper lip border. The lip rolls slightly outward, showing more of the pink and creating the appearance of a fuller upper lip.
No volume is added. The lip you have simply presents differently.
This is a subtle treatment. That's the point, and it's also the main source of disappointment.
A lip flip produces a modest change — more upper lip show, a softer gummy smile, slightly better balance between upper and lower lip. It does not make lips bigger.
If you want visibly fuller lips, you want lip filler. Patients who book a lip flip expecting filler results are disappointed by a treatment that worked exactly as designed.
Best for:
A thin-appearing upper lip where the lip rolls inward when you smile · a gummy smile where too much gum shows · patients who want more lip show without filler · patients not ready for filler but curious · adding upper lip show alongside existing filler
Less suited to: genuinely thin lips with little pink to reveal — there has to be lip there to flip · patients wanting definition of the lip border, which is a filler task · significant asymmetry needing structural correction
What to expect: a few units along the upper lip border, taking under a minute. Onset begins day 3 to 5 with full effect around two weeks.
Duration is shorter than other neurotoxin areas — typically 6 to 10 weeks rather than three to four months. The mouth is in constant motion and the dose is small. That's normal, not a failure, and worth knowing before you book if you're planning around an event.
Temporary side effects worth knowing about. Because the muscle controlling the upper lip is being relaxed, some patients notice mild difficulty with straws, whistling, or pronouncing certain sounds for a few weeks. This is dose-dependent, uncommon at conservative dosing, and resolves as the effect wears off.
Over-treating this area is the most common error with lip flips, and it produces exactly those effects. Conservative dosing is deliberate.
Frequently combined with filler — flip for upper lip show, filler for volume and shape. They do different things and stack well.
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