How to enlarge lips: 15 ways to enlarge lips at home

To enlarge their lips, women pump them up with streptococcal synthesis products (hyaluronic acid fillers), insert implants, and cut out areas of soft tissue. All of these are extremely dangerous health games. For what? So that instead of your lips of a natural shape, which are part of your beauty and individuality, you get two shapeless “dumplings” - hardened, uneven, asymmetrical, blue with bruises, with ugly swelling and bumps? We will never understand this mania.

We make lips fuller and brighter without injections or plastic surgery. We maintain the natural shape, lift the corners of the mouth, fight age-related changes and purse-string wrinkles. Only safe and effective techniques that every woman can easily master.

Why do women enlarge their lips?

Lip augmentation occupies a firm position in the TOP 3 plastic surgeries. What explains the widespread desire of women to have “flatcakes” covering half their face?

There are many reasons, but the most common is fashion. A new standard of beauty. Young ladies think that with big lips they will look more seductive in the eyes of men. Accordingly, they will begin to feel more confident and will easily find a partner. But is this really so?

Indeed, full lips on an instinctive level send a signal to the stronger sex about the increased libido of their owners. But all this has one important “but”.

The beauty of the face is primarily determined by harmonious proportions. Leonardo da Vinci, with his golden ratio (the universal code for structural harmony), would have criticized to the nines the modern tendency to enlarge lips by 2-3 times without taking into account the proportions of other facial features.

Cute and harmonious faces turn into ugly parodies of people. Pouting and inverted lips, deprived of their natural attractive shape, awaken in a man not passion, but a desire to provide medical assistance to the lady, to give an antihistamine. Yes, it’s a joke, we’re exaggerating, but inflated lips really do look like an allergic reaction to an insect bite.

Psychologists say that a woman’s desire to enlarge her lips indicates her mental problems:

• self-doubt, low self-esteem,
• fear of aging, inability to accept oneself in one’s natural form and age,
• worries due to lack of attention from men.

But lip pumping will not make a woman more confident and popular among men, nor will it prevent aging. If something like this appears at first, it will instantly disappear. Loving yourself requires deep inner work and natural transformation. And no new lips, breasts or wardrobe items can correct the complexes!

What is lip contour correction?

When we talk about lip contouring without invasive surgery, we often mean a correction procedure using hyaluronate, which allows you to correct the shape and increase the volume of the lips. In addition, hyaluronic acid, which is used in this technique, is itself a magical agent that returns to our skin the property of stimulating youth and freshness. No matter how surprised we may be, our lips also change with age, lose their shape, and become drier. To help the body maintain the natural beauty and elasticity of the skin for as long as possible, nature provides the action of a non-sulfonated glycosaminoglycan, which we call hyaluronic acid. The most popular formulations used for lip contouring with hyaluronic acid are safe, almost do not cause allergies, and are recognized as non-toxic and non-harmful to the body. In addition, they are very rarely rejected by them.

Initially, hyaluronate is present in our body from birth in saliva and other fluids, and is part of connective tissues and epithelium. It is thanks to him that our skin looks fresh, radiant and toned before the aging period begins. Injections with hyaluronic acid are a chance to restore the natural balance of this substance in the body and tissues. At the same time, with the help of hyaluronic filler compositions, the possibilities of this drug become much wider: lip augmentation in contour and shape becomes possible. There are also cases when such manipulations are a chance to correct more serious deficiencies, for example, to correct noticeable asymmetry of the mouth or even a “cleft lip.”

There are other types of lip contouring.

• Botox injections. As facial wrinkles are smoothed out and the skin around the lips is tightened, they may also visually increase. Their contour changes, but they do not become larger in volume.
• Injections with lipids (lipofilling). This is an injection of purified natural fats extracted from the body into the lips. The procedure is expensive, but effective and with the longest possible result (2-3 years).
• Electroporation. Nourishes the skin around the lips with hyaluronic acid using electricity. The composition is applied to the surface.
• Threadlifting. Active collagen synthesis starts after special threads are introduced under the skin into the lip area.
• Injections with polymers. Such compositions are synthetic and often do not act as we would like, since they are artificial for the body: unnecessary compactions and unnatural asymmetrical tubercles may appear.

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Should I enlarge my lips permanently?

You've probably heard about rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty - surgical correction of the nose and eyelids, respectively? These operations are on hearing. But there is also cheiloplasty. Her “victim” is her lips.

Cheiloplasty is less popular, since most often lips are enlarged using injections. But plastic surgeons are actively promoting their “bread”. Their arguments: unlike fillers, lip plastic surgery provides lifelong results, and the effect is predicted more accurately.

Yes, these are not injections, plastic surgery changes your appearance forever. If you don't like the result, it won't be possible to fix it. Well, or go under the knife again.

To do or not to do?

There are cases when people with congenital or acquired lip defects resort to surgical intervention. And we cannot give any recommendations here. If an ugly curvature that interferes with life can only be corrected by surgeons, so be it.

But going under the knife to enlarge your lips, which will also ruin your natural facial harmony, is beyond reason.

Plastic surgery is a traumatic and dangerous procedure. The skin is cut, removed, sutured, soft tissues are damaged, and sometimes foreign materials are implanted. Complications may occur both during surgery and during the healing process. What then? Lips are a very delicate organ, the skin is the thinnest. The slightest scratch, crack, even basic dryness is a gateway to infection, which can lead to serious complications.

Surgical cheiloplasty

An effective method of long-term correction and reshaping of the mouth area using surgical intervention. With the help of surgical cheiloplasty, it is possible to significantly correct the consequences of congenital malformations and injuries of various origins.

The procedure is carried out using a local anesthetic, but is sometimes performed under general anesthesia. This method of lip augmentation involves cutting tissue:

• cuts are made;
• part of the muscle is removed;
• then cosmetic stitches are applied.

Doctors use several techniques to achieve optimal results:

• shortening cheiloplasty;
• VY plastic;
• Paris;
• Bullhorn;
• DAO resection;
• kesselring;
• thread pendants.

Contraindications for the surgical lip augmentation procedure are:

• pregnancy and lactation;
• blood clotting problems;
• recent surgical interventions of a different nature and rehabilitation after;
• exacerbation of chronic diseases or acute course of the disease;
• diseases of the heart and blood vessels;
• changes in the structure of the thyroid gland;
• mental disorders;
• oncology;
• violation of the integrity of the skin.

These nuances must be taken into account before visiting a plastic surgeon.

Lip augmentation surgery

What types of lip augmentation surgeries exist?

The first is implants. Yes, they are inserted not only into the chest or butt, but also into the lips. There are options made from organic materials (from the patient’s own tissues or from donor tissues of other people or animals), but the ones in use are mainly silicone or polytetrafluoroethylene.

Lips become unnatural, “sculpted”, and harden. Often the implant “does not stand up”, sticks out, and is felt when touched. Ugly irregularities form. The body can simply reject the artificial material.

Implants are not the only surgical method for lip augmentation. There are many other operations. All of them are associated with tissue injury and high risks of complications.

Some of them are universal, correcting both the upper and lower lips. And some types are designed to enlarge only the upper lip.

How to enlarge your upper lip

Special surgical methods for augmenting only the upper lip are Bulhorn operations and thread suspensions. They are based on the general principle: raise the upper lip so that there is more visible red border. But this is achieved in different ways:

• Operation Bullhorn.
  Part of the skin at the base of the nose is cut off, which reduces the distance between it and the upper lip. A cut piece of skin resembles the horns of a bull. Hence the name Bullhorn, bull horn - bull horn from English.
• Thread pendants.
  Two incisions are made inside the nose. A thread is pulled through each of them, pulled through the soft tissue to the lip, brought out through the hole in the lip and, forming a loop, returned to the incision in the nose. Again, associations with a bull, namely, with his nose ring, only here there are two of them, and they pass inside the tissues.

How to enlarge your lower lip

Universal surgical methods that correct both the upper and lower lips include:

• VY-plasty. On the mucous membrane, incisions are made in the shape of the letters V, which after suturing take on a Y shape. The moist area of ​​the lips is everted, which gives volume. The effect depends on the number of cuts and their location.
• Kesselring's operation. The skin strips directly above the border of the lips are removed, and the edges of the wound are sutured. Effect: turned out mucous membrane and scars.
• Lipofilling of lips. The patient's own fat material is taken from the abdomen or thighs and injected into the lips. Despite the fact that this is our own fat, it looks “alien” on the lips: they lose their natural softness and aesthetics.

Filler injection techniques

Micro-injections are made into the upper layers of the epidermis near the lip contour.

Linear injections - deep insertion of a needle with a minimal amount of drug. Used to highlight the contour.

The volume-linear method helps to significantly enlarge the lips. The drug is administered in significant dosages.

Mona Lisa - allows you to raise the corners of your mouth.

The Paris technique is vertical injections that give natural swelling without affecting the contours of the lips.

Fan technique in the corners of the mouth - creates support to prevent gravitational ptosis.

Grid —injection of the drug along cross lines. The method makes lips firmer and fuller.

Enlarge lips with hyaluronic acid

The most popular invasive method of lip augmentation is filler injections. And here fillers based on hyaluronic acid hold the lead.

How does the procedure work? The lips are injected with the drug along the contour. This is done under local anesthesia, but it is still very painful and must be endured for 30-60 minutes. Some women who once pumped their lips with hyaluronic acid do not want to repeat it again, claiming that it is more painful than even childbirth.

Bruises, hematomas and severe swelling that last 1-2 weeks are considered normal after such a procedure. For some it’s a month. It is believed that the drug finally “gets up” after 2-3 weeks. The effect lasts on average six months.

Often the patient does not like the way the dumplings were made for her. Then she is advised to strongly knead her lips until it hurts, or they are injected with special drugs that absorb hyaluronic acid. Longidazu.

All cosmetologists say the same thing: hyaluronic fillers are safe. Do not believe! Better listen to the scientifically based opinion of doctors: fillers often cause health problems, and in the long term.

What are the dangers of hyaluronic acid fillers?

• Hyaluronic acid is synthesized by streptococcal bacteria. And no matter how thorough the purification of the drug is, the genetic material of bacteria will still remain in it. This may not affect your health immediately, but after three or even ten years. This is how many years can pass before the gel becomes inflamed and a streptococcal infection causes some characteristic disease: pneumonia, bronchitis, sore throat, meningitis, pharyngitis, scarlet fever, etc. People prone to ENT diseases are especially at risk of getting this complication.
• Fillers contain chemical agents that give the active substance the required consistency. "Stitches." But their effect on the body has not been studied. No one knows how they act on humans, whether they cause harm, are eliminated or not.
• In the short term, complications arise, including dysfunction of breathing, speech, and eating. Hard formations appear in the thickness of the lips that cannot be removed naturally, and such women become patients of surgeons.

Another lie spread by cosmetologists: filler is completely removed from the body after 6-12 months. Not displayed. Particles of hyaluronic acid can live in tissues for years. Some provoking factor (infection, inflammation) will arise, and the remaining gel will become inflamed. It won’t even occur to you that this is all because of the “innocent” experiments with your lips that you did 5-7-10 years ago.

And we are not even talking about the fact that low-quality drugs are often introduced and drug administration technologies are violated.

Choice of drug

In our clinic we perform lip correction and augmentation using fillers that are certified in Russia and are completely safe. They contain high molecular weight hyaluronic acid of non-animal origin, so they do not cause an immune response from the body.

Today, the following brands of fillers have received the greatest recognition among professional cosmetologists and their patients:

• Juvederm (USA)
• Surgiderm (France)
• Teosyal (Switzerland)
• Filorga (France)
• Meso-Wharton (South Korea)
• Meso-Xanthin (USA)
• Profhilo (Switzerland)
• Novacutan (France)

Experienced cosmetologists at Estet Clinic accurately select the required type of product depending on the skin type and age of the patient. After all, fillers designed for lip modeling vary depending on the degree of viscosity, density and speed of resorption.

For example, Surgiderm 24XP and Surgiderm 30XP have increased density and duration of action from 9 months to a year, and Surgiderm Surgilips saturates tissues with hyaluronic acid for up to one and a half years.

Also popular is Juvederm Ultra Smile, which has analgesic properties due to the lidocaine it contains. The correction effect lasts on the lips for 8-12 months.

Swiss filler Teosyal Kiss has a high viscosity and is intended for injection into the deep layers of the skin. It is valid for 9-12 months. This drug also has an analogue with lidocaine - Teosyal PureSense Kiss.

Reviews

Women who have had their lips enlarged using plastic surgery or fillers are often dissatisfied with the results.

We read reviews from those who have used the most popular service - hyaluronic acid filler injections.

Women are often horrified by the appearance of their new lips.

The shape disappears, the lips blur and look unnatural. Asymmetry and unevenness often appear. It becomes comical and the profile is disfigured: the lips turn out, especially the upper lip, which is pulled up, suffers. You probably know about “ducky” lips yourself - they have filled this world, it’s impossible not to notice them.

The drug is absorbed unevenly, and the famous hard balls appear in the lips. Lumps, nodules. Often, gel particles migrate beyond the target: as a rule, the area between the upper lip and nose swells.

It becomes uncomfortable to live with new lips. They lose sensitivity and harden. It’s uncomfortable to eat and smile.

A common complication is terrible dryness. For some, the lips become so wide that they crack, bleed, and become covered with a yellow crust.

A secondary infection may occur. Many people write about the occurrence of herpes.

In general, do you want the truth? Read reviews, not cosmetologist websites.

The most relevant methods

Before you decide to undergo lip augmentation, you should understand what methods are available and choose the best one for yourself. They carefully study the pros and cons of various methods, and do not neglect consultation with a cosmetologist. After all, he is the one who can advise how to create a beautiful lip shape. The technique of lip shape correction is always individual and requires a careful analysis of the indications for the procedure.

Lip augmentation techniques:

• makeup;
• application of face fitness techniques;
• massage;
• electroporation;
• hyaluronic acid injections;
• lipofilling;
• tattoo;
• gel injections;
• surgical plastic surgery.

The most common reasons for lip augmentation are:

• thin shapes;
• poorly defined lip shape;
• unclear boundaries;
• injuries in the lip area and resulting scars;
• asymmetry of the preoral area;
• age-related changes in the lips.

With such effects, many resort to lip correction.

How to enlarge lips using a vacuum

There are also plumpers - have you heard of them? Vacuum lip suction cups. Inexpensive fetish from China for achieving a “miracle” at home. The plumper is sucked to the lips and left for several minutes. Indeed, the lips turn out and become larger. For some, the effect lasts for 10-15 minutes, for others for an hour.

Don't even try! It turns out ugly, but that’s not the main point. The action of plumpers is based on disruption of blood flow and damage to blood vessels. What does this mean? Swelling and hematomas appear. The condition of the skin worsens: it loses elasticity and turgor, becomes dry, and flakes. And the first signs of negative changes are felt immediately. Many people say that about an hour after the procedure, when its effect ends, the lips become less elastic.

And cosmetologists recommend using plumpers 4-5 times a day for a whole month. Real self-torture.

We are categorically against it! Impaired microcirculation is the root of the problem of skin and soft tissue aging. On the contrary, we fight it in beauty marathons.

But a vacuum can be useful if used correctly. Instead of the destructive “vacuum cleaner effect,” do a gentle vacuum massage with glass jars according to the correct pattern. It will improve microcirculation and nourish tissue. Lips will become plump and bright.

Apply liquid oil to your lips and run the jar over them - 5 times back and forth on each lip. Do not need anymore. The technique is shown in the video:

For vacuum massage you can use Beauty365 glass jars. They can be purchased in the online store www.beauty365.ru

We have sorted out plastic surgery, fillers, and plumpers in general terms. There are also salon techniques with short-term effects: biorevitalization, plasma therapy. The lips become moisturized and slightly enlarged, but after a couple of weeks not a trace remains of this. It's not even worth contacting.

What to do? We have already talked about one technique - gentle vacuum massage. Did you like the idea? In fact, even better! Try it!

We share other secrets of lip augmentation at home. For a long time and without harm to health.

Contraindications

• Individual intolerance to the components of the drug.
• The presence of dermatitis or herpetic infection on the lips.
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding period.
• Immunodeficiency state.
• Oncology.
• Mechanical damage to the skin around the lips.

As for age restrictions for lip correction, the recommended age of the patient is 18 years or older.

It is not advisable to carry out the procedure in the first days of the menstrual cycle. During this period, the risk of hematoma formation is high, the pain threshold is lowered, and swelling after the injection may persist longer.

How to make your lips look bigger with makeup

The easiest way to add volume to your lips is with decorative cosmetics.

Every lady knows that makeup is a purely individual matter. You need to try everything on yourself, experiment, look for what suits you and what doesn’t. It didn’t work out twenty times, but on the 21st I found the perfect trick for life.

The same goes for lip makeup. We try until we find the right one. Advice: we adjust not only the size of the lips, but also the shape, because sometimes a slight change in the outline of the lips makes them more expressive and voluminous.

What tricks you can try for yourself:

• Try to blur the natural contour of your lips at the beginning of your makeup, so that later you can draw on them the way you want. Apply foundation to your lips, and then highlight your lip line using concealer, highlighter (without glitter) or white eyeshadow. And then pencil, lipstick, gloss come into play.
• You need to find an approach to lip pencil. A clearly drawn contour that is darker than your lips can, on the contrary, hide volume. Intentionally going beyond boundaries generally looks comical. But a pencil that matches your lips is a good solution! They can be used to draw the outline a little wider in places where you want to add volume.
• Try to draw the “Cupid’s bow” in different ways - the tick on the border of the upper lip with the skin. So that it is deeper or, conversely, diverges wider in different directions. Don't forget to blend. And highlight the area above the check mark with a highlighter.
• Draw well and darken the corners of your lips - for some reason, sometimes they don’t get enough makeup, and this affects the image. On the contrary, make the central part of the lips lighter and add shine.

How to choose a specialist

Before you sign up for a procedure, remember the old rule “trust, but verify.” This is really very important in matters that concern our health, so word of mouth and advertising on Instagram in search of a qualified specialist are not your help. “Not only you, but also your doctor should have a sense of proportion,” says Arina Kireeva, recalling how to recognize a good specialist.

• Pay attention to the doctor’s lips - their shape and size will tell you much more eloquently about the specialist’s tastes and his methods of work.
• Carefully examine all the works: if the gallery of pinned stories is filled entirely with patients with pumped lips, it is unlikely that this circle will close on you.
• Check the drug yourself: it must be from a licensed company, have a current expiration date, an appropriate certificate of quality and safety, and must also be opened in front of you.
• Forget about large volumes - 0.5-1 milliliter will be enough. And no thick preparations, otherwise it will be very noticeable.

Enlarge your lips with gloss or lipstick

With the choice of lipstick color or gloss, everything is individual. It is generally accepted that for the effect of voluminous lips it is better to use light shades. But bright red can also work. Dark colors - burgundy, wine, plum, black - will not add volume.

We will not recommend a specific type of product. Now, perhaps, every lipstick or gloss “enlarges the lips” - marketers are not asleep. There is no need to delude yourself especially on this score. Although there is a category of products that contain irritating components. Your lips will tingle for a few minutes, they will seem a little more voluminous, but the illusion will quickly pass.

The way you apply lipstick or gloss matters. For example, you can get used to putting on makeup as if you were doing it casually: you patted lipstick on your lips, rubbed them together, and removed the excess along the contour. The result was the effect of kissed lips. For many women, this option suits them best: the lips look fuller than with a drawn contour.

How to enlarge lips at home

We washed off the makeup and the lips were back to their natural size. How to increase them without injections and plastic surgery?

Using self-massage and lip gymnastics. We blow, we knead, we pull, we stretch. This is how we address the cause of loss of volume and shape in the lips, fill them with life, and lift the corners.

Why is self-massage and lip gymnastics the most effective and safe way to enlarge them?

The shape of the lips is maintained by the work of the surrounding muscles. The main muscle influencing their volume is the orbicularis oris muscle. With age, it loses its healthy tone, pinches and curls inward, as if “pulling” the lips behind it.

The volume of muscle tissue and subcutaneous fat is also important. It subsides over time, and the lips become smaller in length and width.

With the help of self-massage and gymnastics, we relax the orbicularis oris muscle and restore life to the tissue by improving microcirculation. The lips become plump, filled with color, and their corners rise.

Don't be surprised if the creases around the mouth and nasolabial lips become less pronounced. Their formation is also often caused by tightness of the orbicularis oris muscle, which is connected to many other facial muscles.

First, learn two of our favorite exercises - very simple ones. Do them daily. Each time your lips will give in and open better.

Watch the video and repeat in front of the mirror:

1. We tighten our lips into a “chicken butt” and blow. Repeat 3-5 times.
2. We grab our lips with our hands, knead them and pull them back.

Tattoo

Tattooing is a cosmetic procedure. With it you can:

• change the contour of the lips;
• give a clearer shape;
• increase volume by introducing a special pigment.

Tattooing has certain features:

1. Give a clear shape to the outline of the mouth.
2. Correctly place accents and smooth out shortcomings.
3. After tattooing, you can avoid using lipstick for a long time, as the color of your lips will become more saturated.
4. The 3D tattoo technique allows you to visually increase the volume of your lips due to selected shades.
5. The result will last for about 3 years. Does not wash off. Does not fade when exposed to sunlight. Does not erase.

Before going to the specialist and carrying out the procedure, it is important to clarify information about your health and take a course of medications for herpes and other viral diseases. If a cold develops a day or two before the procedure, it is better to postpone going to the salon until you have completely recovered.

Lip tattooing is a fairly short procedure, it does not take more than 1.5 hours including preparation. Before surgery, you need to thoroughly clean and disinfect the skin. Tattooing involves a violation of the integrity of the skin and even possible contact with blood. In most cases, the practitioner will apply a local anesthetic cream before the procedure. After the procedure, the lips are treated with a special healing composition. Complete regeneration takes 10-14 days. Depends on the individual characteristics of the client’s body.

Care instructions:

1. After the procedure, you should not visit a bathhouse, sauna, swimming pool or open water until the lip surface is completely healed. This will avoid the possibility of bacterial contamination.
2. Do not expose fresh tattoos to direct sunlight (you should use hygienic lipstick for protection).
3. Avoid hot drinks until complete healing.
4. They also refuse to visit the dentist until the skin is completely restored.

However, tattooing has a number of contraindications. You should not resort to lip augmentation procedure in the following situations:

• during pregnancy and lactation;
• menstruation and the day before and after the cycle;
• if you consumed alcohol or drugs the day before the procedure;
• diagnosed with AIDS or HIV;
• there are diseases of the blood, heart and blood vessels;
• in the presence of cancer or autoimmune diseases.

These are serious nuances that should be taken into account before visiting a specialist.

How quickly can you enlarge your lips?

Do you want plump lips for a long time? To achieve a lasting result, you need a set of exercises designed to relax the facial muscles and rejuvenate it. The best techniques are collected in our legendary “Basic Marathon”. It lasts only three weeks. We will consolidate the results for another two weeks. Tested by hundreds of thousands of women.

The human body is a complex device in which everything is interconnected. We start by straightening the back, relaxing the muscles of the shoulder and cervical regions and move on to targeted work on different areas of the face. We knead and nourish our lips on the solid foundation of a rejuvenated body.