A secondary change is that the upper lip becomes thinner and loses its youthful fullness and can take on the appearance of a thin curtain covering the upper teeth.

The upper lip can be shortened by an office procedure done under local anesthesia. By making a small incision at the base of the nose, the youthful appearance of the upper lip is restored, previously thought to have been lost to the passing of the years and the aged, elongated upper lip can be transformed.

To restore volume to a thinned upper lip, newly developed soft silicone implants can give a youthful fullness. Unlike injectable fillers that are eventually absorbed, sometimes unevenly and then must be repeated, these unique silicone implants are easily removed or changed in size, as an office procedure. This soft silicone implant allows the patient to have a permanent symmetrical solution to their thin lips that feels and looks natural.