The lips, along with the eyes, are the first point of interpersonal contact. Yet for several months her mouth has been covered by the mask and she has not been able to fully express her state of mind: happiness, insecurity, tension. This is not a good reason to overlook her, in fact now that her mouth is on display it is time to take care of it even more. Message received, because according to the latest data on aesthetic medicine of the last Agorà Congress, lip rejuvenation is one of the most requested treatments (45%, a figure just over 2020) that does not know gender and age. It is above all social media that dictate the aesthetic standards: most people want to correct thin lips for more definition and volume.
The “lip beautification” takes place through small corrections with the use of fillers and it is above all the Millennials and Gen Z who want to enhance their lips, as long as a natural result without excesses. The data emerged from the Teoxane Italia Global Lip Filler Research Report, presented at the last Sime Congress, which took into consideration an international sample aged between 18 and 35 years. The results? For lips, people want to increase volume (48%), redefine the contour (46%) and preserve expressiveness (39%). Excesses such as the so-called “Russian lips”, swollen and disproportionate, are not appreciated among Italian and European women.
How to intervene on the lips
The intervention in the prior area has different indications according to the patient’s situation. Let’s not forget that the skin of the lips is much thinner than the skin of any other part of the body: 75% more delicate in relation to the rest of the face. Over the years the lips tend to lose volume, after the age of 40 they thin by about 30% of their thickness. “The hyaluronic acid-based filler is a valid ally because it allows to intervene on a great variety of imperfections, such as: the so-called bar code, vertical wrinkles, the disproportion in height between vermilion and white lip, depressions – explains Eugenio Maria Amato, aesthetic doctor and pharmacologist in Milan, Florence, Naples -. I use an excellent product with a concentration of 23mg / ml and the right cross linkage that allows me to reconcile naturalness, softness and durability. Threads and botox? I rarely use botox in the presence of over-toned or asymmetrically contracting muscles. With threads, on the other hand, I like to redefine the contours to stimulate reactive collagen ».
Integrated approaches
In addition to fillers, fine wrinkles caused by smoking, too much sun or photoaging can also be treated with a soft peeling with different active ingredients, such as: mandelic acid, salicylic, glycolic, lactic acid up to 3% retinol. «In the presence of a barcode I am more“ aggressive ”- continues the specialist -. I prefer to stimulate regeneration with the CO2 laser or with the needling or derma roller, a roller coated with very thin needles, which I associate with biostimulation with polynucleotides, macromolecules derived from DNA. In addition, as a pharmacologist I do not underestimate the importance of cosmeceuticals to be used at home, as specific creams or easy-to-apply patches. It is also important to take supplements to heal the beauty from within, keeping the body metabolism in an optimal situation ».
Lip care routine
There are several treatments designed for the lips that allow you to slow down skin aging and dryness due to the lack of sebaceous glands. Bakel, an Italian company, has developed Lip Treatment, an anti-aging balm with 15 active ingredients capable of counteracting the loss of oily substances and fighting dryness. The Japanese Sensai has just launched a new formulation of Total Lip Treatment that works to smooth vertical wrinkles and lift the area. From the Swiss expertise Teoxane Cosmeceuticals comes (3D) Lip balm with a volumizing effect, the active ingredients are microspheres of hyaluronic acid and collagen, Shea butter, matrichine and Ceramide-2. The French Filorga laboratories have developed Nutri-Filler Lip which uses an innovative molecule which, reacting with the pH of the lips, revives their natural color. Not only that, the patented NCEF complex revitalizes the tissues in depth for a long-lasting effect.