At Bliss Medical Spa, we offer many options for lip injections in OKC, from lip fillers to Botox. Did you know you can use Botox to enhance your lips? Most people know Botox treats wrinkles, but that’s just the start of how our lip injections in Oklahoma City can improve your natural beauty.
Whatever your lip goals, Bliss can use fillers or wrinkle relaxers like Botox to enhance your lip volume and lip shape, creating beautiful, kissable lips you feel confident in.
What Is Botox?
Let’s start with the basics. Botox is the most popular and well-known brand of wrinkle relaxer. Wrinkle relaxers use small, refined amounts of a neurotoxin called Botulinum A. When that refined formula gets injected into very specific facial muscles, Botox temporarily limits movement, which smooths skin and prevents wrinkles like crow’s feet, glabellar lines, and more.
But many providers use Botox for more than wrinkles. It can also alleviate medical concerns like TMJ, muscle spasms, overactive bladder issues, chronic migraines, and more. Botox can also help “lift” muscles to augment different facial features—like your lips!
How Botox Enhances Your Lips
Lip Flip
A lip flip is a nonsurgical method for enhancing your lips. When you undergo a lip flip, your provider injects Botox or a similar wrinkle relaxer into the corners of your mouth (oral commissures) and the edges of your lips (vermillion border). When the Botox relaxes those muscles, your lip turns upward, or “flips” slightly to appear more full.
Elevated Smile
A lip flip creates the appearance of more volume, but some patients want to modify their lip shape without changing with their lip size. To correct a down-turned mouth, your provider can target the muscles in your face and neck, specifically the platysmal bands and depressor anguli oris muscle. These lip injections in OKC relax the strain on those muscles, allowing the corners of your mouth to lift for an effortless, elevated smile.
Supporting Muscles
Your facial muscles work as a system, so when one muscle tenses or relaxes, the surrounding muscles are affected. If you feel like your lips don’t “fit” with your other facial features, your provider can use Botox to create balance within your features. By targeting specific muscles, your provider can correct:
By improving these concerns, this can create facial harmony to highlight your already beautiful lips.
The Science Behind Botox
Botulinum A is a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. This neurotoxin interferes with and blocks neurotransmitters, preventing them from carrying chemical signals between your brain and your muscles.
Medicines like Botox use refined formulas of botulinum A in very small amounts. Injectors receive extensive training on how to effectively and safely deliver treatment. By injecting small amounts into very specific muscles within your face and neck, your provider can temporarily relax these muscles.
Botox can treat a number of concerns, both medical or aesthetic, including but not limited to:
- Crow’s feet
- Elevens/Glabellar lines
- Forehead wrinkles
- Gummy smile
- Migraines
- TMJ
- Masseters
Many studies have showcased the safety and efficacy of Botox since it was originally FDA-approved in 1989, and whether you’re relaxing wrinkles, receiving medical treatment, or seeking lip injections in OKC, our providers can help you safely achieve your goals.
The Botox Process
Consultation
To find the right treatment for your goals, you’ll meet with one of our expert injectors for a personal consultation. They will take the time to learn about your specific concerns, understand your medical history, and examine your skin. Once your provider understands your goals, they will work with you to create a customized care plan, using leading treatments to effectively address your concerns.
Injections
If Botox proves to be the best option to meet your lip goals, your provider will begin treatment by cleansing your skin and then applying a topical numbing cream to keep you comfortable. Once you are ready, your provider will administer your lip injections in OKC. They’ll carefully inject the Botox where it will deliver the best results—without preventing you from making your natural facial expressions.
Results
Once you receive your injections, you’ll notice results within 1 week. You may experience some redness and swelling immediately following your appointment, but these side effects disappear on their own within a few hours. While there is no downtime, we typically suggest waiting to eat or drink until the numbing cream has worn off.
Care Instructions For Lip Injections
Pre-Care
- Avoid exposing your skin to direct sunlight for 1 week before your injections.
- Stay hydrated by drinking half of your body weight in ounces of water for the 4 to 5 days leading up to your appointment.
- Avoid tobacco and alcohol one week before your injections.
- Do not have any lipstick, lip balm, or any other products present on or around your lips.
Post-Care
- Do not lay down for at least 4 hours after your injections.
- Avoid touching or massaging the area of your injections for a minimum of three days.
- Continue avoiding alcohol and tobacco for another week.
- Keep your body hydrated by drinking half your body weight in ounces of water for at least 3 days after treatment.
Other Lip Injectables
We offer more than Botox for lip injection in OKC. Our providers also offer a variety of other fillers to enhance your lip shape and volume.
Bellafill
Bellafill is one of the longest-lasting fillers available, with results that can persist up to 5 years. That’s because the Bellafill formula focuses on long-term collagen production for results that don’t need maintenance.
Belotero
Belotero’s Hyaluronic Acid-based formula creates greater cohesion, balances viscosity, and improves elasticity. Because the filler evenly disperses into your natural skin tissue, your injector can customize your treatment for naturally appearing results.
Juvederm Ultra XC
As a top collection of dermal fillers, each formula is designed to treat specific needs. When looking for lip injections in OKC, you and your provider can work together to find the best formula for your goals.
Juvederm SkinVive
SkinVive is the first and only Hyaluronic Acid microdroplet injectable. This filler helps your lip tissue retain its natural moisture, which enhances the softness and plumpness of your lips.
Radiesse
Instead of using Hyaluronic Acid for the base of their formula, Radiesse fillers use calcium hydroxylapatite, or CaHA, to stimulate collagen and elastin production. CaHA particles help build the “scaffolding” that stimulates collagen and elastin production for months of increased smoothness and firmness.
Restylane Defyne
The Restylane formula was created with natural movement in mind. By using XpresHAn technology, this filler creates precise, natural-looking results that maintain your lips’ natural softness and movement.
Revanesse Versa
Revanesse Versa builds additional volume with minimal swelling or discomfort. Plus, your provider can deliver more volume with less product, helping you save on your lip injections in OKC.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I pair Botox with dermal fillers?
Yes! You can pair fillers and wrinkle relaxers to create the perfect treatment for your lips. During your consultation, your provider will discuss your injectable options and create a plan that may use both fillers and Botox to achieve your goals.
Is Botox my only option for wrinkle relaxers?
Our Bliss team offers multiple options for your lip injections in OKC. For wrinkle relaxers, we offer Botox, Xeomin, and Dysport.
- Botox: The oldest and most well-known of all the wrinkle relaxers, Botox’s formula treats a wide variety of issues—from chronic migraines to wrinkles.
- Dysport: Dysport uses a very similar formula to Botox. Dysport uses fewer complexing proteins, which allows it to spread further in larger treatment areas (like the forehead). Dysport may require more product to deliver the same results as Botox, but the results appear more quickly because the body can work more quickly with the smaller molecules.
- Xeomin: Xeomin’s formula differs from Dysport and Botox because it does not contain any complexing proteins or additives. This lessens the risk of developing allergic reactions, creates faster-appearing results, and longer-lasting results.
When deciding which wrinkle relaxer is the best option for your lip injections, you can rely on our team’s extensive knowledge. Your provider will apply their knowledge to your goals, ensuring you achieve the best results possible.
What is the difference between lip filler and lip injections?
While they are often used interchangeably, “lip injections” refers to the treatment process, and the overarching term can include both fillers and wrinkle relaxers used to achieve your lip goals. “Lip fillers” is a more specific term, referring to injectables specifically formulated to add volume to your lips.
Will people know I got lip injections?
Not if you don’t want them to! Our providers are experts trained to deliver natural-looking augmentation. Once you receive your lip injections in OKC, others may notice that your “something” has changed, but they will not pinpoint the cause.
We also use different injectables for different goals. If you are seeking the most natural-looking augmentation or enhancement possible, then your provider will discuss your options with you and help you achieve soft, plump, natural-looking lips.
Do people regret lip injections?
When you use the wrong provider, you may come to regret your injections. When done incorrectly, lip injections can create beading, uneven lips, “overdone” lips, and more. In comparison, our providers receive extensive training on how to inject lip treatments, so your injections make you love your lips.
If you’re not totally happy with your filler, ask us about reversing that filler. As long as that provider used hyaluronic acid based fillers, the effects can be diminished or erased.
Kiss Your Aesthetic Worries Goodbye
When you’re seeking lip injections in OKC, you don’t have to look any further than Bliss. Our expert team will create a personalized treatment plan to plump, balance, or lift your lips into perfection. Get started by scheduling a consultation today or use our treatment planning tool to explore your best options for enhancing your lips.
