ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2021
A New Approach for Lip Filler Injection Using an Inverted Mercedes Benz Sign.
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- Anatomical-Based Diagnosis and Filler Injection Techniques: Lips and Philtrum.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Achieving Bratz Doll Look with Lip Fillers: A Prospective Observational Study on Blunt Cannula Techniques.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Advancements in lip augmentation: A scoping review exploring novel techniques.Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgeryArticle
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Abstract
Lip fillers have a great impact on the facial aesthetic industry, where several techniques have been proposed for lip beautification in terms of both the results and delivering a safe injection procedure. The study aimed to report a personal experience with a new lip filler technique, via inserting a microcannula through three entry points, resembling an inverted Mercedes Benz sign. Ten female patients between 22 and 29 years of age had a lip filler treatment with a cross-linked hyaluronic acid injected using a microcannula through two entry points at both Glogau-Klein points of the upper lip and one entry point at the midline of the lower lip. The filler product was deposited in both retrograde and aliquots fashion in the superficial muscular plane. All patients reported a high degree of satisfaction with the results of the procedure, with slight swelling and bruising transiently present in some of the patients. Unlike the conventional cannula technique, this new technique offers artistry in accentuating the cupid's bow and redrawing the lips.
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