Case Report: Surgical reduction for hypertrophied lip using electrocautery

Abstract

Background The lips have a significant role in the aesthetics of the face. People, especially those of the female sex give their lips great attention since they are an essential part of expressing feelings, emotions, and attractiveness. Lip reduction is the surgery to reduce the appearance of larger or fuller than desirable lips. Lip reduction surgery aims to restore normal lip function as well as a harmonic relationship between the top and lower lips and with the rest of the face. Case description A 29-year-old, healthy female reported to the Department of Periodontics with a chief complaint of poor esthetics and a complaint of large lips. The measurements of the lip were made and the treatment option given was lip reduction surgery. Conclusions Inherited genetic traits are the main causes of large lips. The typical strategy advocated in the literature calls for removing a horizontal wedge of soft tissue from the upper and lower lips in order to reduce the labial volume simply. It results in a smaller and more appealing labial complex by reducing lip volume while restoring harmonic relative proportions between the lips.