00:00Hey friends I'm Stacey and this is Gorgeously Aging and today we're going to talk about
00:09the lip flip.
00:11This is a treatment that is done with botulinum toxin and I want to talk a little bit about
00:15what to expect and just some of the things that are slight annoyances with a lip flip.
00:20I also want to talk about correct injection and just the orbicularis oris muscle in general.
00:27The more you know, the more educated you are, the better results you get.
00:30So the orbicularis oris muscle is the muscle that is a circular muscle around the mouth
00:36and it's responsible for the puckering.
00:40So when you move your mouth, when you speak, when you chew, the muscle that is the orbicularis
00:47oris around the mouth is circular and it's like a sphincter muscle and it closes and
00:52opens.
00:53So when you treat the upper lip with a lip flip, you relax that muscle, it doesn't squeeze
00:58down so hard.
00:59This allows the lip to kind of have more fullness.
01:03Another benefit is that if you have a really narrow upper lip and a lot of your teeth and
01:09your gums show, now a gummy smile is treated up here by the nose, but this can help with
01:16those who have a lot of tooth show and want a little less of their teeth showing.
01:21So as of right now, when I'm talking, you can see these, what we call little triangles
01:26up here by the top of the tooth.
01:29When I do a lip flip, it's been a while for me now and I will be doing another one soon.
01:33When I do a lip flip, it relaxes my lip, makes the upper lip fuller and when I talk, only
01:40the tips of my teeth show.
01:42So this is something to keep in mind about the anatomy.
01:46Not only does it give the lip more fullness, but it does affect the way your teeth show.
01:50It also affects chewing and drinking through a straw.
01:55Now drinking through a straw is something we should probably avoid as much as we can
01:59anyway, just because that repetitive motion on a straw does cause the vertical lip lines.
02:05I've been working hard at using a cup with a spout instead of a straw, which is a really
02:10good tip if you have wrinkles around the mouth.
02:13Now somebody recently asked me, can you do a lip flip to make the bottom lip more pouty?
02:19You certainly can, but if you relax the top lip and you relax the bottom lip, you are
02:26definitely going to have a lot more difficulty with drinking, chewing, and when I say difficulty
02:32it's just going to feel a little weird.
02:34You'll still be able to chew.
02:36But one of the things that people notice when they first get a lip flip is it can make you
02:41drool a little bit in the corners of your mouth.
02:44The very first time that I did this, it only lasted a few days.
02:47You just have to get used to the more relaxed feeling in that muscle.
02:50I definitely wouldn't start off doing both the upper and lower lip.
02:54I would just do the upper lip first, see how you like that, and then maybe move on to the
02:58lower lip.
03:00Now let me show you how I treat the lip.
03:02So for my upper lip, I'll go here, here, here, and here, and I just put one unit in each
03:12of those spots.
03:14I love the Rentox, which is my favorite botulinum toxin.
03:19Toxta is also one of my favorites, and Dehantox is a really good toxin as well.
03:25If you don't want to bother with mixing Tox with sterile saline, you can definitely use
03:30Inatox, but it is not my favorite.
03:32It isn't as long-lasting, doesn't kick in as quickly, and doesn't have the same strength.
03:38Now I've used so many toxins, and the ones that are my favorites, I love because they're
03:42tried and true.
03:44They're available at acecosm.com.
03:47I will list them in the description box below.
03:49Now if I'm going to do a bottom lip flip, which I don't generally do, but if I were
03:55going to, I'd just do here and here, just underneath the pink of the lip.
04:02You're going to go very superficial at an angle, both in the upper and lower.
04:06So the needle goes in at an angle just underneath the skin, one to two units in these spots.
04:13I prefer one, but that's definitely something you can do a little more, depending on your
04:19response and the results that you get.
04:23Same thing here, go in at an angle, shallow angle of entry, and then you get one unit,
04:30one to two units in each of these spots.
04:32I think the lip flip can give beautiful results, and do so many things.
04:37Not only make the lip a little fuller, but again, it helps with the tooth show, and this
04:43can be so beneficial for so many people.
04:46I personally prefer when I have a little bit less of my teeth showing when I talk, and
04:52just the tips of my teeth are showing.
04:55This can help if you have receding gum line.
04:58It can help if you don't have the most perfect teeth.
05:00And certainly, it makes the lip look fuller.
05:03Thank you guys so much for joining me today.
05:05Let me know your favorite talks in the comments, and if you have any lip flip or general talks
05:10questions, don't be afraid to ask.
05:12I plan to turn some of your comments into short videos, and I'll also reply in the comment
05:18section.
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05:27about how you can save thousands of dollars doing your own at-home facial rejuvenation.
05:32Thanks again for watching.
05:33Be good to yourselves and to others.
05:35I'll see you next time.
05:57Bye.
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