I remember when I visited a plastic surgeon 5 years ago, I saw a lady patient sobbing outside his clinic. Oh, something might have gone wrong
with the surgery, I thought.

When I went into the room of the surgeon, I tried to find out what happened actually. “She was not mentally prepared to accept her appearance after the surgery. It is only temporary, I told her.”

It seemed that the lady had just undergone double eyelids surgery, her eyes inflammed and bruised. She was so worried that she couldn’t control her emotion. According to the surgeon, this is common as the skin cells take time to heal.

Lip augmentation or enhancement involves similar healing process. So, be prepared for the temporary healing phase which varies from one patient to another.

To avoid serious emotional outbreak of a patient, a professional clinic should perform a pshychiatric evaluation onto a prospective patient. In addition, necessary counselling would be given to the patient prior to the surgery.

Please follow the advices and instructions of the surgeon to ensure a proper recovery and enjoy the actual benefit of the surgery.

One reader emailed me for the cost of lip enhancement after I blogged about the secret behind big and plump lips.

I tried to contact a local plastic surgeon, Dr. Lee K.S. for the price. He told me that it depended on the types of procedures performed. The cost of fillers (for injectable lip enhancement) also vary from one to another.

He gave me a rough estimation anyway. It ranges from $200 to $3,500. The cost includes:

• Fillers (If injectable procedure is performed)
• Grafts (If surgical implant is performed)
• Facillity fee (include x-ray, anesthesia etc.)
• Surgeons fee

Different regions of surgeons may charge differently. Reputated surgeons may charge higher too. So, weigh the cost and skill of a surgeon, I’m sure you don’t pay less for poor results in this context.

FYI, as more and more Koreans are fascinated with the procedure, the cost is relatively cheaper in Korea. Singapore and Malaysia are two other countries to be considered as their plastic surgeons are mostly trained in UK and US. In recent years, they have managed to attract many Westerners to perform the surgeries in these countries.

If you would like to have your lips enhanced without the knowledge of your friends and family, why not flying to these countries? You may tell them you’re holidaying there, *grin*

To your red hot lips,

Zing

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• Secret Behind Celebrity-look, Big And Plump Lips

When we age, our lips become thinner, lose volume and wrinkles appear around lip areas. Lip enhancement is a proceduce to correct it.

It’s also known as lip augmentation. This procedure has been performed since early 1980s to add volume, improve shape and bring back the youthfulness of lips. 

However, lip enhancement has become one of the favourite procedures on aesthetic mean today. Somehow, fuller, bigger and shapelier lips are touted to be sexy and beautiful. Look at most of the celebrities, their lips tend to be big and plump. Apparently, lip enhancement is one big secret behind them.

Let’s see how lip enhancement is performed actually.

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