Upper Lip Lift
An Upper Lip Lift, also known as Bullnose Lip Lift, is intended for patients who desire improved balance and fullness to the mid upper lip region.
Indications
An unbalanced aesthetic appearance of the mouth region, due to a vertically elongated upper lip (measured from the base of the nose to the white rolled edge of the upper lip).
Procedure
By shortening the upper lip vertical height, this procedure will result in a more full upper lip and a shorter, more aesthetically pleasing and balanced appearance to the region of the mouth.
Anesthesia
Local, with or without oral sedation, Office Operating Room
Duration of Stay
Same-day Surgery at the Abboud Plastic Surgery Centre
Side Effects
Temporary bruising, swelling
Duration of Results
8 - 10 years or longer
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Dr. Jeffrey Abboud
Plastic Surgeon
Born and raised in Ottawa, Dr. Jeffrey Abboud is an accomplished plastic surgeon with over 25 years of experience. He graduated medical school at the University of Ottawa in 1987 and then completed his Internship at Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland. Dr. Abboud completed three years of General Surgery training at Boston University, Boston Massachusetts, and a one-year Plastic Surgery Fellowship in Boston, MA. He went on to complete a two year residency in Plastic Surgery at Medical College of Ohio, Toledo Ohio. From 1995 - 1997, the Beth Israel Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, invited Dr. Abboud to be a Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery. During this time he was an active staff member at several hospitals in the Boston area.
In 1997, Dr. Abboud was Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. From 1997 - 2003, Dr. Abboud developed a community based practice in plastic surgery on the South Shore of Boston and worked there until his move to Ottawa in 2003 to establish his current practice. In 2011, Dr. Abboud was recognized by the CPSO (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) in the specialty of Plastic Surgery. Having performed over 17,000 Plastic Surgery procedures, Dr. Abboud draws from his high level of training and vast surgical experience to best serve his patients.