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A Natural Flat Volumized Lips Filler Technique: Retrospective Analysis of 920 Patients
Melike Kibar Ozturk1, Ayse Kubra Kibar Guzin2
1Khalifa University, College of Medicine, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Background:
Traditionally, hyaluronidase (HYAL) is used after hyaluronic acid (HA) injection to dissolve the undesired migration of product.
Objective:
To describe a novel lip augmentation technique that uses HA and HYAL simultaneously in patients who previously had HA migration.
Methods And Materials:
Nine hundred twenty female patients were included. In the first group ( n = 793), HA injections were performed in subcutaneous plane of the lips. In the second group who had previous product migration ( n = 127), 7.5 units of HYAL is injected in 4 points in ergotrid area before proceeding with HA injection.
Results:
The medicis lip fullness scale scores after 2 weeks improved in all patients, while 92% of patients perceived the results as "very much improved" with Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale ( p ˂ .001). There was no difference between 2 groups regarding the patient satisfaction rates ( p ˃.05), while filler migration was seen in 0.2% ( n : 15) of patients in the first group during the follow-up period.
Conclusion:
The new vertical injection approach provided an increased vertical height, optimal eversion, and an incisor display on the lips. The simultaneous use of HYAL before HA injection seems to be a safe and effective practice in 1-stage treatment of the previously injected lips with filler migration into ergotrid area.
