The Ideal Lips: Lessons Learnt from the Literature

Ding, Anni

doi:10.1007/s00266-021-02190-x

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“…The attractive group selected in the present study had balanced facial thirds, with a slightly shortened lower third. This was in accord with the study by Ding [24]. On the other hand, in a study of North American Caucasians, Farkas et al [25] considered that a lower facial third larger than the upper and middle thirds was attractive.…”

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Esthetic preferences of orthodontists, dentists, and plastic surgeons for balanced facial profiles

Milutinović¹,

Aleksic²,

Avramov³

et al. 2023

J Oral Sci

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Purpose:The aim of this investigation was to determine whether the facial esthetics of subjects rated as "attractive" can be related to specific cephalometric soft tissue parameters. Methods: The profile silhouettes of 100 subjects (45 males and 55 females) were rated by 60 esthetics specialists (20 orthodontists, 20 dentists, and 20 plastic surgeons) using a Likert scale, and 30 of the subjects were selected as being "attractive". The cephalometric measurements of the attractive group were then compared with norms for the general Caucasian population. Results:The effects of specific measured parameters on profile beauty grades were assessed using the median test, and the following variables were found to show significant correlations between the Caucasian norms and the attractive profile group: the ratio of the upper to lower face height (P = 0.011), the ratio of the subnasale -labrale inferius (Sn-Li) and labrale inferius -menton (Li-Me`) lines (P = 0.011), the distance between the chin and the subnasale perpendicular (P = 0.002), upper lip thickness (P = 0.021), soft tissue chin thickness (P = 0.021), vertical height ratio (P = 0.021), and nasolabial angle (P = 0.021). Conclusion:A straight profile with a fuller and more protruded upper lip, a higher nasal tip, and a smaller lower facial third are considered to be the most attractive facial features, and may be useful for improvement of facial esthetics.

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Esthetic preferences of orthodontists, dentists, and plastic surgeons for balanced facial profiles

Milutinović¹,

Aleksic²,

Avramov³

et al. 2023

J Oral Sci

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“…That is, there seems to be a limit to what is aesthetically acceptable for lip volume. The ideal upper to lower lip vermillion ratio varies from 1:1.6 to 1:2 and is generally described concerning the ideal lips in white women 8 , 26 . Ratios greater than this can be assumed as unattractive.…”

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“…Our study is essential in the sense that professionals can guide their patients regarding the amount of filler to be injected when the patient already has a specific lip volume at pretreatment. Clinicians must be aware that beauty is an ever-evolving concept subject to trends 8 . The patient expects his doctor to be up-to-date with the latest scientific literature published in the field and aware of beauty trends.…”

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Evaluation of the attractiveness of lips with different volumes after filling with hyaluronic acid

Hernandez¹,

Cotrin²,

Valarelli³

et al. 2023

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To compare the attractiveness of lips with different volumes after filling in the view of laypersons, dentists, and specialists. The sample comprised close-up frontal and lateral photographs of the lips of 16 women who underwent lip filling procedure with hyaluronic acid and was divided into 2 groups. Group 1: eight women with thinner lips at pretreatment. Group 2: eight female patients with thicker lips at pretreatment. Photographs from before and 10 days after lip filling were used to assess attractiveness randomly displayed in a Google Forms questionnaire and then sent via a messaging app to the evaluators. The evaluators' groups were general dentists, dentists with degrees in facial aesthetics, and laypersons. The attractiveness was evaluated with scores from 0 to 10 (0: least attractive and 10 the greatest). T-tests were used for the statistical comparisons. The group with thinner lips showed significantly improved attractiveness after filling. The group with thicker lips showed a worsening attractiveness after filling. The group with thicker lips had significantly higher attractiveness scores than those with thinner lips. There was no significant difference in the preference between men and women. The group of laypersons was more rigorous, giving significantly lower lip attractiveness scores. Thinner lips showed a significant improvement in attractiveness after filling. Thicker lips showed a worsening of the attractiveness score after filling. Before and after filling, thicker lips had significantly higher attractiveness scores than thinner lips.Clinical relevance: The amount of fillers applied to each patient must be individually evaluated.

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“…• Lips proportions in terms of the concept of "Golden Ratio" for the proportion between upper and lower lip, of the ideal dimensions of the philtrum and of the nasolabial angle 41,42 ;…”

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Single-Step Full-Face Surgical Treatment of the Facial Profile

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Objective: The present study was performed in order to describe how much affordable, feasible and straightforward is the approach the authors called “single stage full face surgical profileplasty”, tailored to greatly improve the surgery of the facial profiling setting and achieving a complete profile correction at the same time. Materials and methods: From January 2010 to May 2019, 113 patients (95 females and 18 males; ages 19−63 years) were surgically treated for the full-face profile amelioration. Profile correction was performed by using a combination of five procedures out of other various previously experienced: Forehead fat grafting, Rhinoplasty, Lip fat grafting, Genioplasty and Submental Liposuction. All patients were assessed at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months following surgery for assessing the Surgical Profile Treatment (SPT) outcome and any possible side effects of the combined treatment. Facial profile stability at one year was taken as the completion point of this treatment. The Arnett’s “Soft tissue cephalometric analysis” (1999) was used to clinically evaluate the soft tissues before and after the Surgical Profile Treatment. Patients’ satisfaction was measured with the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8” (CSQ-8) at 3 and 12 months after surgery. Statistics were used for Arnett’s evaluation. Results: Almost all the values were consistent and reached the normal ranges indicated by Arnett, (p<0.001) confirming that the desired results of the surgical profileplasty have been achieved. Conclusion: Single stage full face surgical profile treatment helps in correcting faults of the global facial deformity and even in every single treated area, providing an overall improvement in face aesthetics and harmony. Obtaining the simultaneous correction in the whole face has also the advantage of avoiding multiple surgical procedures, reducing post-op discomfort and the overall risks for the patient due to multiple surgical and anesthetic procedures.

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The Ideal Lips: Lessons Learnt from the Literature

Cited by 23 publications

References 67 publications

Esthetic preferences of orthodontists, dentists, and plastic surgeons for balanced facial profiles

Esthetic preferences of orthodontists, dentists, and plastic surgeons for balanced facial profiles

Evaluation of the attractiveness of lips with different volumes after filling with hyaluronic acid

Single-Step Full-Face Surgical Treatment of the Facial Profile

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