russian lips

This specific technique will shape the lips into a subtle heart shape with more volume near the centre, much like a Russian doll. It tends to lift the lip rather than add excessive volume. With the Russian lip technique, the injections are administered vertically into the base of the lip, drawing out to the outer edge. The lips will be shaped to lift or flip the lip, rather than add excessive volume. The volume of the injectable used in this treatment is between 0.5–1.0 ml.

Using tissue tenting in the Russian lip technique

Russian lip filler approach rests on the innovative idea to use dermal filler material as a pillar, which supports the tissue into which it is injected. When pillar injection is used in the lips it visually results in stretching out the skin of the lip – this process has also been described as tenting.

The term “tenting” came from the objective that a filler acts as a “tent pole” in the lip, laying out a vertical structure that will enhance the lips by supporting their vertical extension and act as a biomechanical strut to resist the natural compressive force of the lips.

The technical aspect of Russian lip injection

The actual technique involves the vertical injection of a hyaluronic acid filler into the base of the lip, drawing the filler in a linear retrograde fashion to the vermilion border (the outer edge of the lip). This method creates an upward-turned lip shape, drawing attention to the center, rather than an outward volume often observed in other tenting techniques. This technique will enhance the cupid’s bow without the lips visibly protruding forward from a side profile and will never make you look “ducky”!