Article: To achieve natural lips, consider entire face.(AESTHETIC DERMATOLOGY)

When enhancing a patient's lips, consider the patient's aesthetic goals and the natural anatomy of the lip, and remember to think aesthetically about the entire face, said Dr. Kimberly Butterwick.

"Take care to achieve a lip that does not look like it's been done," advised Dr. Butterwick, a cosmetic dermatologist in La Jolla, Calif. "We're not just correcting a defect, but making a patient look prettier, and we have to be mindful how the lips contribute" to the symmetry and proportions of the entire face.

The anatomy of the lip--the vermilion border, the red portion of the lip, the philtral columns, and the balance of the upper and lower lip--and its ...

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