Women frequently present with concerns about fine or deep
lines and wrinkles in the lip and perioral area, which may give an
appearance of anger or disapproval, and often appear prior to
ageing signs elsewhere in the face.
The lips are a focus of attention
on the face, communicating both emotion and speech, and are
therefore a priority for treatment for many patients.
Treating lip lines remain a challenge for most injectors, as a full
correction of lines in this dynamic area is usually difficult to achieve.
Overuse of dermal filler can cause an unnaturally protruding
appearance of the upper cutaneous lip. Even more difficult are patients
with well-established static lines accompanied by solar damage to the
skin of the upper cutaneous lip, a common occurrence in the high UV
environment of the southern hemisphere. The cause of lip lines are
multifactorial and are thought to be a combination of the loss of deep
and subcutaneous perioral fat, thinning of the dermis, and the effects of
repeated muscle contraction over time.1
The Selkon Subcision Slurry technique is a new approach that
addresses these multiple causes of lip lines by combining three
treatment modalities – filler, toxin and subcision – in one treatment.
It…
