Katie Price and Lauren Goodger – two celebrities who have featured in the media over the last few weeks having undergone the latest aesthetic trend: the butterfly lip treatment.1,2 Following the publicity, many patients have been posting on TikTok having undergone the same procedure. The butterfly lip is an emerging technique, where tape is used as part of the procedure to structure the lip after injection, aiming to provide a more prominent cupid’s bow.3 While this may seem like a solution to our patients for getting that round, plump, fuller lip, I believe that the technique presents some major issues for patient safety and alternatives need to be considered by medical aesthetic practitioners.
The overall idea of the technique is that the steri strip tape holds the filler in the desired place following injection and prevents migration, keeping the lips looking full and round. It has been…
