
Don’t you hate it when people are talking about something and everyone seems to know exactly what they’re on about and you’re just like… ‘¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
For a long time, that’s how I felt about the lip flip. So many of the younger lasses I worked with would reference it and I didn’t want to be the old noob asking what it was. In retrospect, yes, I could have just Googled it.
Here’s the full explanation for you lot, who like me, might have been wondering what the heck a lip flip is.
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WTF is a lip flip?
It's a treatment that involves injecting small amounts of anti-wrinkle units just above your upper lip. This relaxes the muscles that tense your mouth, giving your lips a slightly softer and plumper appearance.
A lip flip can also correct a ‘gummy smile’, where an excessive amount of gum tissue is visible above the top teeth when smiling.
Why did I want one?
Long before Kylie Jenner made them fashionable, I’ve coveted a full pout. While my natural lips aren’t non-existent, they certainly don’t take up prime real estate on my face. Unfortunately, that honour is reserved for my snout.
While some might say lip fillers would be the more obvious answer to this first-world beauty woe, I say ‘been there, done that’. I’ve had lip filler before and was wildly unhappy with the result. It cost me a bomb, wasn’t noticeable and didn’t last longer than a fortnight. Plus I have a fearful aversion to the 'duck lip' look, so didn’t want to shove another dose into them.