Full lips are sensual. A pretty smile is very attractive.
Enhancing mouth and lips is therefore very popular.

Lip enhancement can substantially improve your facial look. It is important, when contemplating such treatment to be fully informed about the method and the results to be expected. A thorough consultation with your plastic surgeon is therefore essential.

The 3 main lip enhancing procedures are:

1. Injectable fillers for TEMPORARY result.
   The injection has effect from 6 weeks up to 18 months varying from person to person and
   depending on the product chosen.
2. Injectable fillers for a more PERMANENT result.
3. Plastic surgical corrections to enhance lips, mouth and smile.

Injections with Collagen‚ Hylaform®‚ Hyaluron, Perlane®‚ Rofilan®, etc. provide TEMPORARY lip enhancement. Lipostructure, Soft Form®, Dermalive®, Alloderm®, Aquamid®, Bio Alcamid® etc. give a more PERMANENT result.

A lip injection takes between 3 and 10 minutes, depending on the extent of the treated area and the chosen filling substance. After treatment swelling of the lips may be expected. Sometimes the area around the injection can show somewhat blue. This can be camouflaged with lipstick and will disappear within a few days.

Most people go back to work immediately after treatment.

BIO- ALCAMID® Hydrogel is the most popular PERMANENT filler!

In the Wellness Kliniek Bio –Alcamid ® is the preferred choice for permanent
lip enhancement.

Bio-Alcamid® is a modern hydrogel (based on water) and has, in our experience, no side effects or allergic reactions. This is unique for a lip filling material!

Another advantage of Bio-Alcamid is that the material, if necessary, can be removed easily. This is contrary to other permanent substances which will fix themselves into the surrounding tissues.

Bio-Alcamid® hydrogel, the best option for a soft, natural looking , permanent result!

The injectable gel (97% water en 3% poly-alkylimide) forms a soft, body friendly “implant”.

Bio-Alcamid® hydrogel is ideal for filling lips, deep wrinkles, grooves, scars, cavities and cheekbone and chin enhancement.

HYALURONIC ACID is the most chosen TEMPORARY filler!

In the Wellness Kliniek is the popular hyaluronic acid the most used filler
for temporary result.

Hyaluronic acid is a material which is present in our skin and therefore fulfils the role of “liquid binder”. This explains at the same time the use of this material in skin creams and anti aging lotions. Hyaluron acid produces a smooth, tighter skin with natural appearance. It’s safe and causes no allergic reactions, contrary to collagen.

HYLAFORM®, REVIDERM®, PERLANE®, RESTYLANE®, JUVEDERM® etc. are all different brands of the same basic material: Hyaluronic acid.

Different brands; different prices! The basic material is identical!

LIPOTRANSFER gives a SEMI - PERMANENT result.

Injecting the body’s own fat is a semi – permanent solution. The aging process continues, therefore a repeated treatment can be required.

Fat is a natural filling substance; it is your own, it is soft and feels smooth.

Lipofilling: your own body fat is harvested and immediately after, injected into the treatment area without being purified. Since the harvested material doesn’t exist of 100 % fat cells, the injected substance partly disappears. A second treatment is often needed to obtain the desired result.

Lipostructure: fat cells are harvested in the same way. Before injection the substance is purified by centrifuging. This technique insures that only viable fat cells are left to be re-injected. This technique –The Coleman method- ensures a more exact and longer lasting result.

Other permanent fillers

SILICONE –OIL (PMS) was for years the most used, and still is the cheapest filler. Through complaints, especially in the USA, in connection with migration of the silicone-oil, the product came in discredit.

Although, no scientific study has yet proven the relevance between rheumatoid arthritis and silicone-oil; we do advice our patients to choose a more modern permanent filler.

Lumpy reactions do occur regularly.

DERMALIVE® is used for lips, wrinkles and grooves since 1997. It consists of biodegradable Hyaluronic acid (60%) and non biodegradable, acryl-hydro-gel, particles (40%). These particles will grow into the surrounding tissue permanently.

The body produces a capsule around the artificial particles and the Hyaluronic acid will be absorbed by the body, after a few months. Therefore the effect is more permanent after a few treatments.

Sometimes the body reacts with capsule formation (hyper-fibrosis) around the artificial particles. The subcutaneous lumps may become palpable and even visible, leading to an undesired result.

ARTECOLL®, used for lips and wrinkles since 1994, follows the same principle as Dermalive®. In Artecoll® the carrier product is collagen.
Collagen is derived from animal tissue and contains animal proteins. Therefore an allergy test is required before use.

Because of the possible side effects of allergic reaction and hyper fibrosis, doctors in the Wellness Kliniek prefer a more modern filler.

SOFTFORM® is a soft implant which consists of an inert, body friendly polymer which has been used for over 30 years in heart surgery. Softform® is mostly used as a filling material to correct sharp, deep folds and thin lips.

A Softform® implant is a little tube which is inserted under the skin under local anaesthesia. The implant will grow into the surrounding tissues.

Softform® remains palpable through the skin. Removal of the structure, ones grown in, may not be simple and require experienced plastic surgery.

AQUAMID® consists of 97.5% water with 2.5% transparent polyacrulamide gel, and has been used for over than 10 years as permanent filler.

The filling substance will grow into the surrounding tissue and will therefore not migrate. Equally it will be difficult to remove.

On occasion, allergic reaction has been observed, with complete resorption of the product. Not recommended.

TEMPORARY FILLERS

HYLAFORM®, REVIDERM®, PERLANE®, RESTYLANE®, JUVEDERM® are different brands of Hyaluronic acid.

Different makes; different prices! The basic substance is identical.

Hyaluronic acid is biodegradable, without no known side effects and is still the most frequently chosen injectable filler which will last from 6 weeks to 6 months.

COLLAGEN, an extract of animal tissue, was for years the most used filler for lips and wrinkles.

Because Collagen contains animal protein, an allergy test is required before injection.

Because our doctors work according the ISO 9001 quality control procedures, we prefer fillers with less risk of allergic reaction and other side effects such as subcutaneous lumps.

NEW-FILL® is a product based on lactic acid. Lactic acid is a material which is present in our body. This means that it’s safe and causes no allergic reactions.

Lactic acid stimulates the formation of connective tissue. The filling happens through the body’s own synthesis. It takes about 4 to 6 weeks before the connective tissue is completely laid down and the lactic acid has spent its activity.

First a small dose of New Fill will be injected, because each person reacts differently. After 6 weeks, our doctor evaluates the amount of connective tissue that your body has produced. With a second injection the dose can be raised, to obtain the desired effect.

Sometimes more treatments are required before the desired result is reached. The effect lasts about 12-18 months.

Lumpy reaction occurs relatively frequently, but tends to pass off with time.

SURGICAL CORRECTION OF THE LIPS

LIP PLASTY: Do you have full lips or shortage of red lip contour? Then you can consider a plastic surgical correction to increase or reduce the size of your lips.

Increasing the size of lips can be obtained by turning the inside of the red lip contour to the outside.

LIFTING OF THE UPPER LIP Aging can cause lengthening of the upper lip and narrowing of the red lip contour. This can be solved by a simple “butterfly procedure”.

The upper lip is shortened under local anaesthetic. This treatment restores the youthful proportion between the upper lip and the red lip contour without a striking scar.

The incision will be mostly hidden in the nose fold.

CORRECTION “GUMMY SMILE”: when to much red gums are showing, when smiling, plastic surgery can help to enhance your smile. It is not because your teeth are to short that you have a gummy smile. Usually, you just have a muscle imbalance. The red gums/white teeth appearance shows a high lip line when smiling.

The plastic surgeon will weaken the muscle of the upper lip (myotomy), between the gums and the upper lip, to correct this imbalance. The incision is made inside the mouth, so the scar doesn’t show. The “corner smile” (movement of the corners of the mouth) stays intact, for a beautiful, natural smile.

Lip and smile enhancement is very popular in our clinic! The Wellness Kliniek carries the ISO 9001 & 14001 Certificate. This means that all procedures, materials and equipment are checked for effectiveness, safety and patient satisfaction.