Lips, chin and fat
These operations shorten the upper lip, lift the mouth corners, enlarge or move the chin and graft processed fat into the face.
Lips, chin and fat procedures
What each operation does, who it suits, the risks and how recovery goes.
Lip lift
A lip lift removes a strip of skin just under the nose to shorten the upper lip, so more of the red lip and a few millimeters of the upper teeth show. Newer deep-plane versions lift the layer under the skin as well, so…
Corner lip lift
A corner lip lift removes a small piece of skin at each corner of the mouth to raise a corner that turns down. It treats mouth corners that droop with age or from birth; surgery lifts the corner more than injections do,…
Chin implant
A chin implant is a shaped piece of silicone, porous polyethylene or ePTFE placed on the chin bone, through a small cut under the chin or inside the mouth, to bring the chin forward. It suits a mildly to moderately…
Sliding genioplasty
A sliding genioplasty reshapes the chin by cutting the lower front of the jawbone through an incision inside the mouth, moving the chin segment and fixing it in its new place. With a facelift it does a second job:…
Nanofat and microfat
Microfat is fat collected through small-hole cannulas and injected in tiny parcels to add volume, and nanofat is microfat broken down and filtered into a liquid fine enough to inject into the skin with a needle. Both…
Lips, chin and fat research by topic
What the studies show about each part of the operation.
Facial fat grafting, nanofat and microfat
Fat grafting papers move processed fat into the face for volume, lips and skin quality.
Chin implant and genioplasty
Chin papers enlarge or move the chin with an implant or by cutting and moving the bone.
Buccal fat removal
Buccal fat papers remove part of the cheek fat pad through the mouth to slim the lower cheek.
Lip lift
Lip lift papers shorten the space between nose and lip with an incision under the nose.