What are lip fillers?
Lip fillers or lip injections are dermal fillers designed to add fullness to your lips to create a plumper look.
Lip fillers are made from hyaluronic acid but differ in in their thicknesses and how they appear in the lip once injected. This sugar derivative naturally found in the body has an ability to hold up to 1,000 times its weight in water. For that reason, it not only hydrates skin. It also is great for plumping lips, cheeks, jaw line and chin.
It is important to level-set with your injector as to the look you’re trying to achieve as that could impact the product selected for your injections.
Ask your medical provider or nurse injector which products are best for you!
What are the different types of lip fillers?
The Iowa Clinic offers the following face and lip fillers:
- Juvéderm – Vollure, Vobella, Voluma, Volux, Ultra, and Ultra Plus
- Restylane – Contour, Defyne, Kysse, Refyne, and Lyft
JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC adds subtle volume to lips and softens the appearance of perioral lines while JUVÉDERM® ULTRA XC adds fullness and plumps lips as well as smooths and corrects moderate to severe wrinkles and folds in adults.
Restylane Kysse is specific to lip augmentations and is ideal for patients who want to maintain the natural movement of their lips and the skin surrounding their mouth. Restylane Kysse contains XpresHAn formula, which allows for more flexible movement and natural-looking results. It can also subtly enhance the color of lips and can smooth and improve overall lip texture.