What are Pre-Procedure Instructions?

1 Week Before the Appointment 

Avoid the following things:

• Aspirin, Advil, Aleve, Motrin, and Ibuprofen 
• Supplements, including Omega 3, Vitamin E, garlic, ginger, Ginkgo biloba, St.John’s wort, and ginseng 
• Alcoholic beverages 
• Green tea (Black and herbal tea)

48 Hours Before the Appointment 

Don’t do the following things:

• Use anti-aging skin care products containing Retinoids, Retinol, Tretinoin (Retin-A and Steivaa), or other exfoliating agents 
• Wax, shave, pluck, thread, or apply depilatory cream on the upper lips and the area surrounding it 
• Forget to take Arnica or eat fresh pineapple, containing bromelain, which prevents bruising.

On the Day of the Appointment

Do the following things:

• Wash your face and apply no makeup 
• Apply a topical numbing cream to feel comfortable during the treatment 
• Eat and drink something before the appointment not to stay and feel hungry during the procedure 
• Relax and don’t take any tension 

What is the Procedure for Lip Fillers?

We apply topical anesthesia to your lips. It numbs your lips so you don’t feel pain and the process goes comfortably and smoothly. The numbing creams usually contain benzocaine, lidocaine, and tetracaine (BLT). Your lips get numb after 15 to 30 minutes. With a thin needle, we inject filler inside certain or all parts of your lips, such as edges (vermillion border), the curve in the center (Cupid’s bow), and oral commissures (mouth corners). 1 ml of lip filler, which is approximately ⅕ th of a teaspoon, is usually injected into lips. The needle doesn’t go deeper than 2.5 mm into your skin. The entire lip filler procedure may take 30 minutes to 2 hours. 

What is the Indication for Lip Augmentation?

Lip fillers are trending but may not suit all face shapes and look good on everyone. Fillers are a great solution if you have very thin lips or are getting thinner with aging. You can go for fillers if you want to add volume to your lips. Get this aesthetic treatment done if the upper lip to lower lip ratio is quite high. Fuller lips will look awesome if you have a small chin and a prominent jawline. You can always decide the number of fillers to be injected to get the desired look. 

What are the Side Effects?

Here are the common side effects of lip fillers:

• Pain and bleeding in the injected areas 
• Reactivation of cold sores 
• Tenderness or discoloration 
• Infection 
• Tissue death (vascular damage) can occur if lip filler gets injected inside or around the artery 
• Lip size asymmetry 
• The filler may bleed into other parts of your face usually towards your nose (migration)

What Makes Dr. Praharsh an Expert in Lip Filler in Bangalore?

Dr. Praharsh Devraj is a lip filler expert in Bangalore with a decade of experience in the cosmetic dermatology industry. He can use the right filler techniques to improve the shape and give a fuller look to your lips. After carefully examining your lip area, he prepares an effective filler treatment plan. As he chooses the perfect fillers and techniques, you will get the best results.

He believes that out of every 1 hour spent with a patient, 45 minutes should go into assessment and reaching an agreement in setting goals and only 15 minutes for the actual procedure.

The most common blunder in the industry is how upper lips are overfilled to an extent of losing natural movement. Most injectors do not factor in the importance of the mobile nature of the upper lip.

Another collective mistake in the industry is the ledging of the upper lip. As injectors get too artistic, they tend to overemphasise the upper lip border leading to a ledge/shelf like outcome that looks unnatural at best and hideous at worst.

Dr. Praharsh is obsessed with correlating the functionality of your lip with the aesthetic nature of it. For example, he believes that people with wrong resting lip posture and hyperactive mouth closing muscles typically lack a gentle raised border of the upper lip. They usually lack a distinction between the pink and white part of the upper lip.

After a couple of other tests, assessing the face in totality and understanding ways your lip can be improved to give you the most natural and attractive look, he will consider take you to the actual procedure.

What Other Alternative Treatments Do We Have for Lip Augmentation?

PlasmoDerm for lip augmentation can be a great alternative to lip fillers. This process involves the injection of PlasmoDerm to enhance and plump up your lips. As PlasmoDerm is created using your body’s unique cell growth factor, it is 100% safe. PlasmoDerm injection causes fat cell regeneration because of the slow release of your growth factors. This treatment works wonders when combined with HA fillers. You get a longer-lasting outcome and a smoother filler that is free of bumps or lumps and a contour.