When Do Plumped-Up Lips Become ‘Too Much’?

Article Source: HealthDay News It’s easy to tell when someone’s gotten a bad lip enhancement — their puffy lips just don’t look natural. “In New York City, if you walk down the street, it’s almost like, ‘Whoa,’ half the people have this overinjected lip, and it’s quite obvious,” said Dr. Andrew Salzberg, chief of plastic surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System. Now, researchers report that they’ve figured out the specific features that will help even surgically enhanced lips look normal. Essentially, the upper and lower lips need to maintain the same basic size ratio that occurs naturally in humans, with a lower lip that’s about 1.6 times the height of the upper lip, explained lead researcher Dr. Sang Kim. He is a facial plastic surgeon with Natural Face Clinics in Syracuse, N.Y. Read the full article here: https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_164501.html