Here it is as promised - my lip filler journey / experience.
Lip fillers are something I’ve always been in 2 minds about. One week I’m thinking Yes! I’m doing it and researching the best practitioners etc and then by the following week I’m having doubts - what if it goes wrong? What if I hate it? What if it ruins my face forever? And so on.
So when a good friend of mine embarked on a training course to learn all things beauty including fillers and aesthetics I knew this would fall into my comfort and I would get to finally try it out whilst also supporting my friend.
I’m notorious for researching things excessively so I pretty much had in my mind what I wanted to get from the fillers - I wanted as natural as possible, keeping the same shape as my natural lips but just a bit fuller. I specifically didn’t want the ‘duck face’ look and I wanted upper and lower lips to be balanced! My main decision to be made was whether To have 0.5ml or 1ml. On the advice of my friend and from my extensive research I decided on 1ml and was reassured that this is a procedure that can be reversed (dissolved) if the worst came to the worst!
The run up to my appointment day I was growing increasingly nervous which is quite unlike me these days , however there nothing for me to be nervous about I since realise. On the day of the appointment there would be my friend who would be performing the injection. Her experienced trainer to guide her and a doctor overseeing. So I actually couldn’t of been in better hands! First you apply numbing cream whilst you are waiting (I was still nervous at this point!) once this has fully taken affect I took my place on the treatment bed and explained what sort of look / result I was after and was again reassured that if I hated it they will dissolve them for me.
The injections themselves were a weird sensation due to the numbing cream, now I’m going to lie to you it does hurt, but it is definitely not an unbearable pain and it is not the type of pain that makes you flinch. (I did have nightmare visions of me flinching and the injection ending up in my nose or chin! Luckily I doubt this has ever happened!)
The strangest sensation was that I could feel the product going into my lip from the inside but each step of the process was explained so I knew where I would feel this next and they were even so lovely to tell me which areas may be slightly more painful then others.
The main thing to remember is your lips WILL BE SWOLLEN after the procedure and sometimes shockingly so! But I can’t stress enough that when the swelling goes down the results will be so different and I’m sure most people love them! I was taking Arnica tablets for the week prior to my injections which is a Natural herbal aid said to help reduce bruising , this is one of those things where it’s impossible to know if it helped or not as I have nothing to compare with but my bruising WAS minimal although of course
everybody’s skin will vary. I would recommend the Arnica tablets even as a peace of mind.
The morning after the injections my lips were the most swollen and were sore. I would say by day 4 pretty much most of the swelling had gone down and this was when I really started enjoying them and also the joy of using lipstick without feeling like I needed to overline my lips!
I now totally love how they look and they are exactly what I wanted, so natural. Lip fillers have had a lot of negative press which is a shame because done correctly and responsibly it’s an amazing confidence boost. Whenever applying lipstick before I would always without fail overline my lips to balance out my face - I no longer need to.
I also feel a lot less conscious about having zero makeup on which personally I
feel is quite priceless and in general I feel my lips are more balanced with my face.
So if you’re like me and considering lip fillers but in 2 minds I hope this has helped you and of course I would be happy to answer any questions anyone may have. The main advice I would have is to do your research and know exactly what you want and choose your practitioner wisely, somebody you trust, somebody with experience and correct training and most importantly do it for the right reasons , for YOURSELF and don’t let others opinions influence you as this is a topic that can seem to evoke strong opinions but at the end of the day you are still the same person inside even with lip fillers (maybe even a slightly more confident one) and who can argue with that!
Love, Kim xxx
Instagram of Aesthetic Practitioner: https://www.instagram.com/beautyspotbydani/
Lip fillers are something I’ve always been in 2 minds about. One week I’m thinking Yes! I’m doing it and researching the best practitioners etc and then by the following week I’m having doubts - what if it goes wrong? What if I hate it? What if it ruins my face forever? And so on.
So when a good friend of mine embarked on a training course to learn all things beauty including fillers and aesthetics I knew this would fall into my comfort and I would get to finally try it out whilst also supporting my friend.
I’m notorious for researching things excessively so I pretty much had in my mind what I wanted to get from the fillers - I wanted as natural as possible, keeping the same shape as my natural lips but just a bit fuller. I specifically didn’t want the ‘duck face’ look and I wanted upper and lower lips to be balanced! My main decision to be made was whether To have 0.5ml or 1ml. On the advice of my friend and from my extensive research I decided on 1ml and was reassured that this is a procedure that can be reversed (dissolved) if the worst came to the worst!
The run up to my appointment day I was growing increasingly nervous which is quite unlike me these days , however there nothing for me to be nervous about I since realise. On the day of the appointment there would be my friend who would be performing the injection. Her experienced trainer to guide her and a doctor overseeing. So I actually couldn’t of been in better hands! First you apply numbing cream whilst you are waiting (I was still nervous at this point!) once this has fully taken affect I took my place on the treatment bed and explained what sort of look / result I was after and was again reassured that if I hated it they will dissolve them for me.
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| before (below) and after (arrows are pointing to bruising sites) |
The strangest sensation was that I could feel the product going into my lip from the inside but each step of the process was explained so I knew where I would feel this next and they were even so lovely to tell me which areas may be slightly more painful then others.
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| swollen and bruising at injection site |
everybody’s skin will vary. I would recommend the Arnica tablets even as a peace of mind.
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| very swollen! |
I now totally love how they look and they are exactly what I wanted, so natural. Lip fillers have had a lot of negative press which is a shame because done correctly and responsibly it’s an amazing confidence boost. Whenever applying lipstick before I would always without fail overline my lips to balance out my face - I no longer need to.
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| less swelling and with lipstick |
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| my favourite side view |
feel is quite priceless and in general I feel my lips are more balanced with my face.
So if you’re like me and considering lip fillers but in 2 minds I hope this has helped you and of course I would be happy to answer any questions anyone may have. The main advice I would have is to do your research and know exactly what you want and choose your practitioner wisely, somebody you trust, somebody with experience and correct training and most importantly do it for the right reasons , for YOURSELF and don’t let others opinions influence you as this is a topic that can seem to evoke strong opinions but at the end of the day you are still the same person inside even with lip fillers (maybe even a slightly more confident one) and who can argue with that!
Love, Kim xxx
Instagram of Aesthetic Practitioner: https://www.instagram.com/beautyspotbydani/
Nice information! also check out LIP AUGMENTATION FOR BEAUTIFUL LIPS
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