At Dogwood Face & Body, we understand the importance of a good smile.
Over the years lip trends have continued to evolve. From subtle nudes to bold and bright lips. Or from glossy to matte and everything in between.
But one thing remains: the importance of lip volume, size, and shape. We offer lip filler in Waxhaw to enhance your lips and complement (or even replace) your makeup!
Lip filler, a type of dermal filler, improves the definition, shape, and fullness of your lips by adding volume. We can help you achieve your perfect pout or picture-perfect smile that lasts far longer than just a night.
Many people harbor concerns and misconceptions about dermal fillers and lip enhancement treatments. Let’s explore how dermal fillers work and how our team can shape your ideal appearance.
What are fillers?
Dermal fillers, a category of minimally invasive injections, improve static wrinkles (small lines that deepen over time and remain even when your face is at rest). Fillers also enhance facial contours and restore lost volume. They can create a fuller, more youthful appearance in your cheeks, lips, under-eyes, and nasolabial folds using hyaluronic acid.
Hyaluronic Acid
If you regularly learn about skincare, you’ve probably heard of hyaluronic acid. It has become a holy grail product advertised on bottles lining the shelves of makeup shops and drugstores. So what is its magical power, and why is it so sought after for youth-restoring and age-defying benefits?
One word: 💧 Hydration. 💧
Our bodies create hyaluronic acid, which can absorb a thousand times its weight in water. However, as we age, our HA production declines, leaving our skin more prone to sagging, wrinkles, and loss of volume. With its moisture-retaining abilities, HA offers many benefits in aesthetics and skin care.
What do lip fillers do?
Using lip injections with HA-based products can improve several aesthetic concerns.
Restore Size
Lip volume decreases naturally with age. Topical treatments, such as chapstick, only address the skin’s surface regardless of hydration levels. With our hyaluronic-acid based lip fillers in Waxhaw, we can restore lost volume and reclaim your youthful, plump out.
Adds Volume
If you were born with thin lips and you’ve always wanted them to look fuller, we want you to know that your unique features are beautiful. Still, if this insecurity holds you back from feeling confident, lip fillers can add volume to boost both the size of your lips and your confidence.
Improves Shape
If your smile doesn’t feel balanced, even, or proportionate, fillers help improve the shape and create better overall facial harmony. Lip fillers can also enhance your cupid’s bow (where your upper lips meet towards the center of your mouth) to create a more defined and pronounced shape.
I thought Botox helped with lip enhancements?
Many people have confusion about the differences between Botox and fillers. It makes sense when there are misunderstandings—they both address wrinkles, although different wrinkle types.
Wrinkle relaxers like Botox and Xeomin target muscle activity that causes dynamic wrinkles—wrinkles that appear when you make certain facial expressions. When we inject them into specific areas of your face, wrinkle relaxers block nerve signals to the muscle and prevent them from contracting and forming wrinkles.
Botox creates a “lip flip” which produces less dramatic results than lip fillers in Waxhaw. When we inject wrinkle relaxers above your mouth, the relaxers alter the muscle signals, causing your lips to “flip” outwards. It subtly creates the illusion of fuller lips, improving the look of “gummy smiles” by concealing excessive gum tissue.
Wrinkle relaxers could also help relax the lines around your lips, giving you a smoother complexion and plump pout all in one.
→ Our Botox Spa can use wrinkle relaxers for more than aesthetics. Learn how we use Botox for TMJ!
Finding Your Perfect Filler Match: Dogwood Face and Body’s Brands
We want the best results for you, so we only offer FDA-approved brands of dermal filler. For lip enhancements, we love Versa by Revanesse. Designed for versatility, we can use it to shape and sculpt your features to achieve your perfect look. We also offer the following brands:
The Benefits of Lip Filler at Dogwood Face & Body
Lip fillers provide a simple and effective method to enhance your lips. Dermal fillers at Dogwood Face & Body have these additional benefits.
Customizable
You can go big and bold, soft and subtle, or somewhere in between—and we can create any of them. These are your lip enhancements, and we want to help you achieve your ideal look.
Of course, we think all lip sizes and shapes look beautiful, so we truly want to enhance your confidence in your natural beauty with our lip fillers in Waxhaw. We’ll collaborate during your consultation to define your objectives and devise a plan to help you reach your aesthetic goals.
Long Lasting
How many mornings have you dedicated to overlining, filling in, and contouring your lips to achieve natural-looking volume? And how many evenings have you kissed your makeup artistry away on a makeup wipe or tissue? Lip filler provides all-day volume and balance for your lips, and it lasts anywhere from 3 to 9 months.
Try Your Smile On
We understand the hesitation around lip filler, because many patients want to know: “What if I look overdone?” At Dogwood, we offer a unique approach: try a small amount of filler (half of a syringe) for 2 weeks. This gives you time to experience the subtle enhancement and decide if you want to complete the syringe for fuller lips.
If you feel happy with the initial amount, we can place the remaining filler in the following areas:
- Nasolabial Folds (corner of the nose to corner of lips)
- Marionette lines (corner of lips to jawline)
- Cheeks
- Jawline
- Chin
- Under-eyes
We offer a truly versatile and customizable experience with lip fillers in Waxhaw, so you have control of your results from beginning to end.
Do you offer any non-injectable treatments for lips?
We have Exion Face by BTL, which combines the power of radiofrequency (RF) energy and targeted ultrasound to heat deep skin and lip layers to stimulate hyaluronic acid, collagen, and elastin. These 3 substances work together to provide your skin with support, flexibility, and hydration.
The Exion provides a more natural plumping effect that’s noticeable after 4 to 6 sessions. This non-injectable treatment can also work with your lip filler or lip flip to provide you with additional hydration and volume.
How do I start?
The process for enhancing your lips is easy! We invite you to our office in Waxhaw to discuss your aesthetic concerns and goals.
Before Your Consultation
We can provide injections on the same day as your consultation. Therefore, you should follow these instructions before you visit our office.
Do
✅ Do stay hydrated.
✅ Do take Tylenol before your consultation.
✅ Do arrive with your skin free of makeup, lotions, or other skincare products.
Don’t
❌ Don’t drink alcohol for at least 24 hours before your appointment.
❌ Don’t take any sort of blood-thinning medication, like aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen (Aleve) for 2 weeks before your appointment. If you have questions on any supplements, please call us.
❌ Don’t wax, tweeze, or bleach the treatment area.
Consultation
Your consultation includes a review of your medical history to guarantee safe and effective treatment. Your lip filler should be a collaborative experience, so we work with you to discuss the specifics of your treatment, including the placement and amount of lip filler in Waxhaw.
Treatment
For a relaxing experience, we offer a tranquil environment and expert injectors who use ultra-thin needles for precise lip filler application. This appointment, including the consultation time, usually lasts 30 to 60 minutes.
Results
Most people can leave our office with immediately visible results and little to no downtime, although you may experience minor swelling or bruising. This will subside over the next 2 weeks.
Post-Care Instructions
We ask that you continue following the pre-care instructions, with a few additional pointers to help with healing after your injections.
❌ Don’t touch your face for 4 hours.
❌ Don’t lay down for 4 hours.
❌ Don’t break a sweat for 24 hours.
❌ Don’t wear makeup for 24 hours unless it’s brand new. Old makeup is loaded with bacteria, so it should not touch the injection site.
❌ Don’t push on the area where we injected the filler.
If you feel severe pain or notice color changes to the tissue following your lip fillers in Waxhaw, please call our office immediately!
About Dogwood Dental & Face and Body: Combining Dentistry and Aesthetics
It makes sense that a dental office would also serve as an aesthetics and wellness center. Dr. Melissa Amos, the founder of Dogwood Face & Body and Dogwood Dental Spa, is passionate about empowering people to feel confident by providing personalized aesthetic and wellness treatments. If you think about it; we’re not just improving your smile, but also boosting your reasons to smile.
Smile Brighter At Dogwood Face & Body
You can trust our team to work with you throughout your aesthetics and wellness journey. We want to create a fun and educational atmosphere so you feel comfortable and confident in our team.
To start your journey to a more confident you, try our treatment planning tool! Once you answer a few questions and we receive your submission, a member of our team will reach out to discuss treatment options for your individual concerns.
To discuss your aesthetic goals for lip fillers in Waxhaw in person, request an appointment with us!
Everyone deserves quality care and tailored treatments. That’s why we offer both in-house and third party financing options, so nothing can stand between you and your self-confidence.
