Lip Procedures in Dallas, TX

Dr. Lam offers a complete range of surgical and non-surgical lip rejuvenation methods, each selected based on your specific anatomy and goals.

Lip Lift

The lip lift addresses the lengthening of the white lip — the skin between the nose and the red lip border — that occurs with aging. Dr. Lam removes a precise amount of skin just beneath the nose to shorten this distance, increase upper red lip fullness, and reveal more upper teeth for a youthful appearance. This is commonly combined with a lower lip advancement, which enhances lower lip fullness through hidden internal incisions, and a corner-of-the-lip lift, which elevates downturned mouth corners.

Dr. Lam prefers performing the lip lift and lower lip advancement together to ensure both lips are balanced. He doesn’t do a central upper lip advancement, an older technique that distorts the cupid’s bow and leaves visible changes along the lip border.

Lip Reduction

Dr. Lam is a recognized world expert in lip reduction, performing it for patients with naturally oversized lips or those with overfilled or distorted lips from permanent fillers, fat grafting, silicone, Gore-Tex, or other materials. He has developed a consistent, reliable technique that reduces the proportional balance of wet and dry lip while restoring natural shape.

Lip Augmentation

For patients seeking fuller lips, Dr. Lam uses injectable fillers with a tubercle-based design that tapers naturally toward the corners without overfilling the border. He believes lip augmentation should complement the face, not dominate it. Fillers are appropriate for adding volume when the lip shape and proportions are already favorable. However, when the white lip is elongated or the red lip has nearly disappeared, fillers push the lip outward unnaturally rather than rotating it upward; in those cases, a surgical lip lift is the more appropriate solution.

Lip Fat Grafting

Dr. Lam does not perform fat grafting to the lips as a standalone procedure. Because it requires anesthesia and facility fees, the cost and complexity are difficult to justify when fillers alone produce more reliable results. However, for patients already undergoing a full-face fat transfer, Dr. Lam will include lip fat grafting at no additional charge when he believes it will enhance the overall result.

Dr. Lam’s approach to lip procedures is unlike that of most surgeons. He evaluates lips not in isolation but in the context of the entire face — considering age, ethnicity, facial shape, and gender before recommending any treatment. His willingness to decline procedures he believes would look unnatural reflects his priorities and sets him apart from practitioners focused primarily on volume.

Dr. Lam’s surgical lip lift and lip reduction techniques have been refined over decades of meticulous practice. Very few surgeons in the world perform lip corrections at the frequency and complexity level that Dr. Lam does.

Beyond technique, Dr. Lam performs every procedure himself using dental blocks that most patients describe as virtually painless — a point of consistent surprise among those who have experienced it firsthand.

• Improved balance between the upper and lower lips
• Elevated, more pleasant mouth corners
• Correction of previously overfilled or distorted lips
• Well-hidden incisions that heal with minimal visibility
• Performed awake with no sedation required
• Results that are natural and proportionate to your face