How to make thin lips look fuller?
Our lips can be influenced by various factors, including genetics and habits like smoking, which can impact their size. While this is a natural occurrence, it can significantly affect our self-confidence. If you have thin lips and desire fuller volume, there are various treatments available to enhance their appearance. From non-surgical lip fillers to lip augmentation procedures, and even subtle techniques like a lip flip, you can explore safe and effective options for achieving a plumper, more alluring smile.
At PHI Clinic, we understand your concerns and offer personalised solutions to enhance your lips for a natural and confident look. Whether you desire subtle improvements or more noticeable results, we can guide you through options such as lip fillers or dermal filler treatments.
Factors influencing thin lips include
- Ageing: Collagen and elastin proteins, responsible for skin firmness and elasticity, break down as we age. The muscles around the mouth also lose definition.
- UV exposure: Sun and tanning bed rays contribute to collagen breakdown.
- Dehydration: Lack of moisture leads to dryness and shrinkage of the lips, which are constantly exposed and prone to damage.
- Pursing or puckering: Repetitive facial movements can cause wrinkles, giving the appearance of a smaller mouth.
- Smoking: Smoking affects lips through collagen breakdown from smoke toxins and the act of pursing lips, resulting in wrinkles and reduced lip size.
- Genetics: Thin lips can be inherited as a recessive trait from both parents.
Understanding these factors helps in addressing and finding suitable solutions for thin lips.
Safe and effective treatment
Your safety is our top priority and making our patients feel welcomed and reassured when entering PHI Clinic. To ensure maximum standard of patient care, all of our treatments are only ever carried out by our experienced and highly qualified team, who receive regular in-house and external training from industry experts.
At PHI Clinic we do not offer same day treatment as initial consultation to ensure patients have time to reflect on their bespoke treatment plan before choosing to proceed.
Thin lips frequently asked questions
The average effect of treatment with most lip fillers last approximately 6 – 12 months. It can be shorter or longer depending on your age, your physiology, your lifestyle (smoking and exposure to sun UV rays may reduce the effects) and the amount of product injected.
Suitability for lip fillers treatment will be determined following your consultation at our clinic.
Lip fillers at PHI are only performed by our team of qualified doctors and nurses.
Before treatment it is recommended that you do not take any products which may thin the blood such as aspirin or green tea as this may increase the chance of bruising or swelling at the injection site. Make up will removed from the injection site before treatment takes place.
With any dermal filler aftercare, take good care of yourself. Drink plenty of water. It is best to avoid alcohol for 24+ hours as this de-hydrates the skin. In the two weeks following treatment, it is advisable to avoid prolonged exposure to sun or strong heat (UV rays, saunas, steam baths, etc).
Location
PHI Clinic
102 Harley Street,
London,
W1G 7JB,
United Kingdom
Tel: 02070345999
Opening Hours
Monday & Tuesday - 9:30am to 6:00pm
Wednesday & Thursday - 9:30am to 8:00pm
Friday - 9:30am to 5:00pm
Saturday - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Sunday - Closed
Opening times can change, if your appointment is outside of these times please contact the clinic for confirmation.
