Do you know it is possible to have bigger lips without surgery? Juvaderm (also known as Juvederm or Juviderm) is the answer to many women’s problems of thin, unattractive-looking lips. Although surgery (lip augmentation surgery to the lip with the patient’s own fat) is available, most people would rather not go through such an extreme step, which carries its own risks of surgery. The most suitable alternative to surgery, then, is lip augmentation with Juvaderm, which is a cross-linked hyaluronic acid gel meant for injection into tissues to enhance volume in the target site. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally-occurring substance present in normal skin, which gives volume and turgidity to the skin. The cross-linkage in the hyaluronic acid in Juvaderm is designed to allow the gel to last longer in the body at the site of injection, up to about 1 year. Upon injection into the skin, the hyaluronic acid increases the skin volume in two different ways, both by virtue of its injected volume, and by the fact that it absorbs water molecules, causing it to expand slightly.

Use Juvaderm To Achieve Angelina Jolie Lips

Juvaderm is normally administered under a local anesthetic block to allow for a comfortable painless procedure. The substance, which is supplied in a pre-filled 1ml syringe, is injected a retrograde manner usually from an entry near the corner of the lip. Injection into the substance of the lip will give it volume, and sometimes a small amount is injected into the lip margin to enhance the contours of the lip. The procedure may take up to one hour, depending on the degree of difficulty and the desired result. Because injection and molding of the injected Juvaderm gel in the lips to achieve the desired result may take time, one gets slightly more swollen lips at the end of the procedure. However the swelling will disappear fast (usually within hours to days), and upon review in about 5 days to one week after the Juvaderm injection procedure the desired result (sexier, more attractive, bigger lips) can be documented.

Lips before Juvaderm lip augmentation

Lips after Juvaderm lip augmentation

Injection of Juvaderm to get bigger lips is technically rather more difficult than the standard correction of creases and folds in the face such as the nasolabial fold, so you need to choose your Juvaderm doctor very carefully. Mistakes can sometimes occur in inexperienced hands, and there are instances of persons achieving bigger lips that may look more like a duck’s lips than Angelina Jolie’s lips if the Juvaderm is injected using the wrong technic. Fortunately, however, the result though embarrassing is not permanent, as the Juvaderm will get reabsorbed harmlessly.

After the injection procedure patients are advised to avoid the following
- strenuous exercise
- excessive exposure to the sun
- Alcohol consumption
Apparently exposure to these three factors may cause itching, swelling or redness at the injection sites.

Similarly persons who have had skin treatment such as lasers or chemical peels just before a scheduled Juvaderm injection or plan to have these treatments immediately after the injection are advised to avoid having these procedures too close together as they may cause an increased inflammation at the injection sites.

Persons who are taking blood thinners such as aspirin, plavix and ticlid or warfarin may need to stop their medications for about a week before the procedure to minimise the risk of persistent bleeding after injections.

Patients who have a history of severe allergies, or a history of allergy to gram-positive bacterial proteins, are not advised to have Juvaderm injections.