Lip Lift: How to Treat and Soften the Scar Above Your Lip?

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A successful subnasal bullhorn lip lift in a specialized perioral rejuvenation and facial biometrics practice is not just a young, red lip vermilion turned outward, but also the absence of any sign of surgery. Since the incision is exactly along the natural curve of the nose base, it is a sort of hidden mark. The problem is that the skin of the upper lip changes with time and it also moves all the time due to speech, emotions, etc. In this way, it could affect the healing of the scar. To achieve perfect blending, a combination of various methods is usually necessary—starting with medical-grade ointments, then professional sessions, and at the same time working on the neocollagenesis phase to get the scar less visible, lower, and similar, clinically, to the nearby tissue.

Silicone Therapy and Moisturizing: The Best Method

The most scientifically proven non-invasive procedure to reduce the scar caused by a lip lift is the regular use of medical-grade silicone. Silicone forms an “occlusive” covering which imitates a skin’s natural system to keep moisture inside. This moisture sends a signal to the body to reduce the production of collagen, thus the scar cannot become raised or thick. A good environment in the scar area also allows neocollagenesis to take place, which creates a thin, flexible, and discreet line rather than a disorganized fibrous lump.

At Lin Health Europe Clinic, post-operative scar treatment is our main focus. Our experts in Turkey give all international travelers a “Scar-Invisibility Kit” with high-viscosity silicone gels specially made for the fragile perioral skin. In Istanbul, apart from giving you a product, we also show you the exact way to apply the gel so that it remains locked even during the daily movements and activity which will positively impact your scar maturation so that in a very short period of time it turns into a very soft and nearly invisible silvery line.

Comparison of Scar Management Interventions

Manual Desensitization and Scar Massage

When the inside stitches have been fully absorbed by the body (usually 3 weeks after the surgery), the use of manual scar massage becomes really helpful in softening the “hard” feeling that can be detected by the touch at the nasal base. Light, circular pressure aids in separating locally-bound scar tissue – like microscopic “sticky” fibers that cause a scar to feel tight or be seen as tethered. Additionally, massage stimulates local micro circulation, thus delivering oxygen and nutrients needed by neocollagenesis. Gradually, this mechanical intervention makes the scar tissue as flexible and elastic as the other parts of the facial skin.

At Lin Health Europe Clinic, our work with the guests in Turkey is all about the “Tactile Reset”. Our team in Istanbul will personally demonstrate the post lip lift massage to you in order to help you perform it correctly and with the necessary pressure without undoing the structural reset of the lip. We are about the “architectural” scar softening and your smile can still be wide and natural. Through this in depth clinical guidance for our patients’ physical healing process, the upper lip not only looks soft but also retains the soft and supple texture and feel.

Laser Resurfacing and Textural Integration

For scars that are still red or have small surface problems after the third month, laser resurfacing remains the most preferred treatment. Fractional CO2 or V-Beam lasers work by targeting the small blood vessels in the scar to reduce redness and by using thermal energy to “vaporize” tiny columns of tissue. This starts another very well organized wave of neocollagenesis which will replace the rigid scar collagen with soft and youthful fibers. At the same time, laser treatment will effectively “buff” the edges of the bullhorn incision, which will make the transition between the scar and the lip skin practically seamless.

Our Istanbul-based clinic offers the latest laser technology capable of providing high definition refinement of scars for our overseas clients. Guided strictly by your skin type and pigment level, these sessions are professionally planned and performed. What goes beyond the approach of Lin Health Europe Clinic is the harmony of your whole face, where the “surgical shadow” totally disappears. By executing expert surgery coupled with performing cutting-edge laser shot in Turkey, an attainment of invisibility is realized, the hallmark of the finest global aesthetic medicine.

The Indispensable Photoprotection (SPF)

The top factor contributing to a visible lip lift scar is post inflammatory hyperpigmentation caused by UV exposure. During the healing period the scar tissue is super sensitive to the sun and a mere few minutes of unprotected sunlight can turn it permanently brown or dark purple. This makes broad spectrum, mineral based, SPF 50+ mandatory at all times for no less than a year. By guarding the maturing collagen against UV radiation, the neocollagenesis stage is given a chance to proceed without the disturbance of excess melanin formation.

Lin Health Europe Clinic brings international charity to the insight of SPF and diligent sun-protection habits for our patients worldwide in Turkey, and in Istanbul we opt for physical blockers such as zinc oxide, which offer a complete coverage for the sensitive subnasal area. Besides, we emphasize on “long-term pigment stability” of the scar in order for your outcome to be both luminous and subtle. Such level of clinical one-on-one mentorship in Turkey by our team will leave you with a final result that is not only permanent but also aesthetically perfect, all alongside the elite hospitality and top-notch medical skills that have made Lin Health Europe Clinic a household name in the heart of Istanbul.

Lip Lift in Turkey

At Lin Health Europe Clinic, we provide a global sigh of relief to those who truly BELIEVE that the essence of beauty lies in the nuanced touches of the surgical masterpiece. Being situated in the Turkey medical hub, our facility shines as a lighthouse of healing art and medical science, where through JCI accredited standards of safety and highest level of professional rigor and facial anatomical education we have been able to offer people who come to us what they never thought to be able to obtain, i.e. a high definition perioral science. Among other things, these JCI credentials demonstrate our ability to operate in state-of-the-art hospitals in Istanbul that, as a city of medical tourism, ranks second to none worldwide. So, when choosing our clinic, you are entrusting the work to the best and most experienced hands in the world, the same hands that with equal dedication craft every scar as a work of ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌art.

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