ReviewAesthetic plastic surgery2021
The Ideal Lips: Lessons Learnt from the Literature.
Review in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Blood Supply of the Lips: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness and Safety of RHA3 vs a Comparator Product for Lip Augmentation: A Randomized, Controlled, Prospective, Multicenter Clinical Study.Aesthetic surgery journal · 2025Trial
- LA VISIONAesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Soft Tissue Cephalometric Analysis of the Lips in Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Lips in health and in systemic sclerosis: relevant physiology, pathogenesis, existing therapeutic approaches and unmet needs.Journal of scleroderma and related disorders · 2026Article
- Combined Rhinoplasty-Lip Lift Technique for Facial Feminization Surgery: An Instructional Video and Technical Report.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- 4D Lips Technique Based on Anatomy for Naturalization.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Revealing the Perfect Smile: How Philtrum Length Shapes Lip Beauty.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Innovative Classification of M-Shaped Lips for Enhanced Refill Outcomes: A Case Series.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Article
- The Harmony and Balance of the Facial Organs for a Natural Face Beauty: A Novel Perspective for Cosmetic/Aesthetic Interventions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Clinical Efficacy and Safety of a Highly Purified Polynucleotide for Dry and Chapped Lips: A Prospective, Multicenter Study.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Article
- The Concept of Ideal Lips of Caucasian Female: An Anthropometric Analysis of the Lower Third of the Face.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Lip Reconstruction.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2024Review
- Lip Augmentation with Soft Tissue Fillers: Social Media, Perceptual Adaptation, and Shifting Beauty Trends beyond Golden Standard Ideals.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Influence of lip position on esthetics perception with respect to profile divergence using silhouette images.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the attractiveness of lips with different volumes after filling with hyaluronic acid.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Cosmetic Surgery and the Diversity of Cultural and Ethnic Perceptions of Facial, Breast, and Gluteal Aesthetics in Women: A Comprehensive Review.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2023Review
- [Autologous fat grafting for perioral and lower face rejuvenation].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2022Review
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Funding
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Abstract
Defining the ideal dimensions and proportions of the human face has been attempted for centuries, popularised in the Renaissance period by artists including Leonardo Da Vinci. The lips are part of the lower third of the face and are central to lower face aesthetics and the overall symmetry of the face. They also place an important part in conveying facial emotions and expressions. Full lips with well-defined Cupid's bow have always been associated with youth and beauty. The approval of hyaluronic acid use for tissue augmentation and the prevalence of social media have caused an exponential increase in lip augmentation procedures (Linkov et al. in Arch Plast Surg 46(3):248-254, 2019), as such researchers and aestheticians have focused on characterising the ideal lips mathematically to help guide clinicians. This narrative review will summarise the available evidence in the literature pertaining to the ideal lips, taking into account age, ethnicity and gender differences. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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