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| What are the lip augmentation grafts? |
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AlloDerm is a popular human-donor grafting material that is screened and processed to minimize the spread of disease. The standards by which it is processed are strict. (The risk of infection is only about 2%.)
Under a local anesthesia, the material is inserted through incisions made in the inside corners of the mouth. Stitches are used to close the incisions. The material is often absorbed, so that the results are only temporary, lasting from 6 months to a year.
SoftForm has recently replaced another lip implant material, Gore-Tex, because it has been shown to produce better results with fewer complications. SoftForm does not shrink and is never absorbed into the body. It also remains in place because scar tissue forms on both ends. This allows it to easily be removed if it becomes infected.
To insert SoftForm, a small incision is made in the inside of the lip. The material is then made into the shape of a small tube and it is inserted with an insertion trochar (needle). For the upper lip, this process is repeated three times, to implant three separate pieces in the lip. In the lower lip, two pieces are usually used.
Fat grafting produces lasting results in approximately half of the people who try it. Although it is possible that the body will reabsorb it, many people choose fat grafting because they are most comfortable with using the fat from their own body to enhance their lips. The fat is harvested from another area of the body, often the abdomen. It is then prepared and inserted with a needle into the lip from more than one point.
Local flaps bring material from inside the mouth outside to enhance the lips. Results are temporary. An incision may be made inside the mouth to push the tissue inside the mouth upward, and outward, into the lip, sometimes in conjunction with grafting. Or, an incision may be along the upper lip line. In this case, skin above the lip is removed, and the lip is then stitched along the line of the incision. |
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