Inside Aesthetics Ep 173 When Lip Fillers Aren't Enough - Peri-Oral Aging & the Surgical Lip Lift | Dr Ben Talei
Episode 173 hosts Dr Ben Talei (Plastic Surgen based in Beverley Hills, USA)
Ben specialises in face lifts, rhinoplasties, peri-ocular surgery and in particular, has become world-famous for his own modified approach to the surgical lip lift.
The lip lift is a surgical treatment that has come back into vogue after first being invented in 1973 - but it never took off due to the unpredictable outcomes and unacceptable facial scarring. Dr Talei has revolutionised this type of surgery and trains surgeons in his technique. Being an injector as well as a surgeon, Dr Talei offers unique insight into the limitations of lip fillers and when surgery should be considered.
We discuss:
- Dr Talei's practice
- How and why he learnt to inject as a facial plastic surgeon
- Basic lip anatomy
- The common peri-oral signs of aging
- Racial differences in the peri-oral layers
- What lip fillers Dr Talei prefers to use
- Dr Talei's thoughts on lip filler migration
- Hyaluronidase and the implications of using filler dissolving near the SMAS
- Dr Talei's own theory that the SMAS ages
- The history of the surgical lip lift and why it wasn't originally very popular
- How he modified the technique to improve the outcomes to become a world leader in the technique
- What happens on the day of a surgical lip lift
- What the recovery is like
- How to minimise facial scarring after a lip lift