Do you know what “puckering” is?

To first know what “puckering” is, we first have to understand its meaning. The verb “pucker” is not among those taught to us in English academies. Language students can do without it… or perhaps I should write “could.”

What does pucker mean?

It refers to:

• Pouting
• Wrinkling the lip
• Pursing the lips

Is there any treatment for puckering?

We will not go into the reasons that lead so many people to do it; everyone has their own way of being immortalized. What leads us to talk about this trend is that, according to data provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the number of patients who underwent some treatment to increase the size of their lips in 2015 rose dramatically (only dermabrasions increased more). And the reason is, or so our American colleagues maintain, the obsession with selfies (which we had already discussed as responsible for the increase in surgeries in general). And with “puckering.”

Analyzing the phenomenon, American surgeons emphasize that lips can be the subject of different treatments, from less aggressive (injections) with temporary effects to more decisive ones (implants) intended to be permanent. They also believe they have detected that people who do not dare undergo more radical surgery (eyes, nose) are willing to try a lip enhancement.

Are you thinking of Angelina Jolie?

It never fails. Indeed, she is a reference, although, surprise, surprise, she ranked fourth on the preference list, surpassed by Jennifer Garner (bronze), Scarlett Johansson (silver), and Jennifer Lawrence (gold).

This is a game that allows us to insist that you cannot simply go to a doctor and say, “I want to have Jennifer Lawrence’s lips.”

When professionals perform a lip augmentation cheiloplasty or a lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid, we consider the patient’s wishes, but we also evaluate their bone structure, asymmetries, and the shape of their nose and chin, in order to achieve not only spectacular lips, but lips that fit their facial features. Above all, we strive to work within safe margins because with lips, which are so visible, any mistake will be obvious and disastrous.

If you would like more information about puckering, contact our team at Clínicas Fernández Blanco, call 915 54 09 24 (Madrid) or 952 850 468 (Marbella, Málaga).