Double D lip implants: pig intestines or saline?
Hey, breast augmentation. Meet my little friend, the lip implant. A new procedure called FulFil Lip from California-based Evera Medical, has just been approved for testing by the FDA. Much like a breast implant, the FulFil Lip is a balloon that can be filled with saline and then it is inserted into the lip. A micro-valve prevents any fluid from leaking. Now, that could be embarrassing during a first kiss.
(Outside the U.S., the company already markets VeraFil, a saline implant that plumps skin around the eye.)
Right now, there are myriad ways to inflate your pucker -- from injecting collagen from a dead person to grafting fat from your caboose. And Surgisis, an implant derived from the intestines of pigs, is on the horizon too. Oh, how to choose? Not to mention, can we conscript those scientists fiddling with pig guts to take a stab at a cure for the common cold?
(Thanks to the always clever and skewering Gallery of the Absurd for this illustration of the trout pout species, known to pilot the waters of Hollywood.)
As for the new lip implant, you get to pick your size, though the company has not yet released a size chart. Are double D lips next? No doubt, super pouts are here to stay. Since 2000, there has been a 27% increase in lip augmentation, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Oh, and it's no surprise that a study by the Beverly Hills Institute of Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery revealed that Angelina Jolie's lips top the most requested list among patients. Brings new meaning to the term, "top heavy."
Image: Gallery of the Absurd
I wish I lived in a world where women didn't aspire to deformity as some sort of beauty ideal.
Posted by: Mke | August 13, 2008 at 08:13 AM
Those enhanced lips look as if the wearer was on the losing end of a fight.
Posted by: sandra m | August 13, 2008 at 10:14 AM
It seems to me the only women who find this look appealing and normal hang in circles with women of like minded value systems. The rest of us think they look like aliens. Can't everyone see a lip injection job coming at you from a mile away? Crazy times we live in.
Posted by: no thanks | August 13, 2008 at 07:27 PM
Why is a Double D Breast Augmentation or a Cosmetic Nose job on a 14 year old child considered 'Health Care"????
Please explain.
Posted by: parndogg | August 13, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Having grown up with what kids called fish lips wasnt easy, but I feel just as unhappy with the comments. I always new that people stared and I have always been self conscience that there reactions are like yours. To have people want that look makes living with these lips a bit easier.
Posted by: Mari | August 14, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I think, when they have their lips inflated, it looks like they have hemorrhoids for lips.
Posted by: ronald | October 05, 2008 at 08:11 PM
This sounds interesting. I only knew so far popular methods for getting lip implants: injections and plastic surgeries. Does the one you suggest go into injections or surgeries? Thanks!
Posted by: Beauty Blog | July 23, 2009 at 05:02 AM
There is nothing sexier than full lips, but I agree many in hollywood have taken it too far. If they were smart they would get fat injections which are not absorbed into the body. Instead plastic surgeons have hollywood convinced that they need to come in every 3 months to get temporary fillers. It only takes about 3 times with fat and you have full lips that last forever.
Posted by: Houston NightClubs | October 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM