As I told you, I decided that I did want some very subtle lip plumping, just to try it out because I’ve always been curious about it, and so I decided to get that done after I found out that fillers would not be the best option for someone my age who is trying to get rid of minor crows feet and lines around the eyes, but Botox would be.  So, I had the doc do a little lip plumping on me with Juvederm, which is basically identical as I’m told to Restylane.  I was offered both products, but ultimately decided to go with the Juvederm personally. 

The experience was not bad at all, but I must tell you, I’ve had several oral surgeries this past year and a half, so I was used to getting shots in and around my mouth for pain numbing.  I was shot up with Lidocaine around my mouth area several times.  The worst part about that was the fact that you can actually feel the liquid go underneath your skin and it is a rather squeamish feeling, especially if you don’t like needles. 

At one point, I started to think about it a little too much, and just balled up my fist and took it like a woman, and from then on it wasn’t too bad.  I had to sit there for a little while as the numbing effects too hold, and I could barely talk.  I felt, as I had with the oral surgeries, that I could talk, but my mouth wouldn’t move.  It’s a bizarre feeling to say the least, and you definitely would want to do it some time when you have no where to go for the next few days because the likelihood of local bruising is fairly high and it is hard to cover up. 

The Juvederm costs $500 per syringe, and they can store the rest of the syringe for you for up to six months if they happen to not use the whole thing at once.  Yes, it’s not cheap, but if you want some more definition to your mouth or generally want larger more naturally plumped lips, it’s a good option. If you want a lot of plumping, be cautioned that you can very easily go through more than one syringe though.  I wanted only subtle plumping, so I did end up with some of the syringe leftover.  My results were very cool. 

It was kind of neat because my lips seemed to not only be fuller, but also they had more color and definition to them, so the need for lipstick and tinted glosses was minimized, which I liked.  I think I may have the top lip plumped a bit more next time, since I have to go back again in the next six months anyways and use the rest of the syringe. 

It did seem to go down a bit so far, and it’s about two weeks later now, but many times I guess patients do require a second treatment for desired results. It’s fun, I’ll say that!  It’s not for the squeamish or needle-shy, but if you can take a little prick here and there, you’ll be fine.  I feel my results are truly natural looking and a great natural looking way to plump the lips, especially since I’m not personally a fan of overly plumped lips.