Shape Matters!
Is Lip Filler Customizable?
You bet it is! Here at It’s A Secret, our goal is to enhance your natural beauty. Your lips don’t look like everyone else’s, so it simply wouldn’t make sense to take a “one size (or shape) fits all” approach to filler treatment. There are plenty of different techniques that your nurse injector can employ in order to give you the beautiful results you’re looking for.
What Are the Different Lip Shapes?
When it comes to different lip shapes, all are unique and beautiful in their own way. Your lips compliment the rest of your facial features, and like makeup, they can be accentuated to make them even more noticeable and attractive.
A few of the most common lip shapes include:
- Full Lips: These are lips that are equally as full on the top as they are on the bottom.
- Heavy Upper Lip: Like it sounds, this occurs when the upper lip has more volume than the bottom lip.
- Heavy Lower Lip: This is the opposite of a heavy upper lip, meaning the bottom lip is naturally more accentuated.
- Round Lips: Round lips occur when the shape of the mouth is narrow and compact, creating a round shape. These tend to be naturally more full.
- Wide Lips: Unlike round lips, wide lips are caused by a mouth that is wider, elongating the lips from either side, giving them a more spread-out appearance.
- Thin Lips: Thin lips are very common, and perhaps one of the most popular candidates for filler, because many people choose to accentuate them by adding volume.
- Heart Shaped Lips: Similar to round lips, heart shaped lips tend to be on the rounder side. What differentiates them from round lips is the focal point of the bottom lip, which carries its fullness in the center, creating an overall shape similar to that of a heart.
Maybe you can easily call out your natural lip shape, or maybe you’re not totally sure. Either way, your It’s A Secret nurse injector has been trained to assess lips, and they will be able to understand your unique shape and how to best highlight them!
You can learn more about lip filler treatment by scheduling a complimentary consultation with any of our nurse injectors on our website, or you can call any of our med spa locations to book with one of our aesthetic sales associates.
FAQs
The Cupid's bow, or heart-shaped lip, is the rarest as it is defined by two distinct peaks outlining the Cupid's bow, a slight dip in the middle of the lower lip, and concentrated fullness in the center of the pout. The shape is rare as the lips naturally lose fullness in the center and soften at the peaks with age.
What's the most attractive lip shape? ›
Science has found that the most attractive lip shape has an upper-to-lower lip ratio of 1:2. Lips are most desirable in different shapes and forms for different people – 60% of people prefer a 1:1 ratio where the lips are completely symmetrical and evenly full.
What are the four types of lips? ›
On the other hand, most pairs of lips follow one or more common lip shape patterns: heart-shaped, round, full, thin. According to a 2023 study in the Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research, the "thin" lip shape made up 33% of the sample whereas voluminous or full lips made up 11% of the sample.
What is the hardest lip shape for filler? ›
Your “M” lip shape is the most challenging to fill as there is naturally more volume in the center of your lip.
What lip shape makes you look younger? ›
Its the cupids bow lip. It is defined by a prominent V shape upper lip. This shape is often associated with beauty, femininity and looking more youthful and is overall more aesthetic.
What lip shape has no Cupid's bow? ›
Sausage lips are lips in which the top and bottom are plump and full. Often this type of lip doesn't have a very pronounced Cupid's bow.
What kind of lips do men prefer? ›
Perfectly Proportioned
It appears that symmetry is key to a conventionally attractive lip shape, with a survey of more than 1,000 people from 35 countries showing that a strong but mirrored plumpness in the lip was considered the most attractive.
Which lip color is most attractive? ›
Red lips have been considered attractive in women in geographically and temporally diverse cultures, possibly because they mimic vasodilation associated with sexual arousal.
What are pillowy lips? ›
Full Pillowy Lips
This lip shape has a less defined cupid's bow or doesn't have one at all. In other words, the top lip has a more rounded appearance instead of the “M” shape of the heart and cupid's bow. Both the top and bottom lips are very voluminous.
What are goldilocks' lips? ›
These days, we seem to see one particular lip type everywhere: full round lips, also known as Goldilocks lips. People with full round lips have roughly equal-sized top and bottom lips, so their mouths (and facial features in general) seem regular and proportional.
Rosebud lips are defined by a small “O” shape at the center of the mouth. This gives the mouth a rosebud-like appearance (hence the name).
How do you tell what lip shape you have? ›
Looking at your Cupid's bow, you'll be able to assess whether you have a heart-shaped or bow-shaped lip shape. Heart-shaped lips have a definitive V shape at the centre of the top lip, and bow-shaped lips have a wave-like shape that resembles an archer's bow.
What are the prettiest lip shape? ›
The study polled over 1,000 people in 35 countries. Of those polled, 60% said they found a symmetrical, 1:1 top to bottom ratio the most attractive lip (think Scarlett Johansson). The next highest-rated, according to the poll, was a larger bottom lip compared to the top lip (like those rocked by Kylie Jenner).
What is the angelic lip shape? ›
Angel Wing (Angelic)
Angel wing lip style is the form in which the upper lip is kept in the foreground, the part under the nose of the upper lip is straight, and that area is given more volume and has an emphatic appearance. The angel wing lip form gives women an attractive expression.
What is the most natural-looking lip filler? ›
Hyaluronic Acid fillers are considered to be the best lip fillers for most patients because they are temporary and not permanent, making them a safe and reversible option. Additionally, HA fillers offer a smoother and more natural-looking result.
What is the most common lip pattern? ›
The commonest lip print pattern in the study group was Type I (40.9%) and the least was Type III (4.5%). Type I being the common lip print pattern both in males and females.
What is the average lip shape? ›
Full lips tend to be the most common shape which includes symmetrical volume on the top and bottom lip, while a defined cupid's bow or heart-shaped lips are rare and harder to come by.
What is the lips rare condition? ›
Granulomatous cheilitis is a rare condition that causes swelling in your lips. The swelling can affect your top lip, bottom lip or both. It might look like you have large lumps, or nodes, under the skin of your lips. The lumps are benign (not cancerous).
Are double lips rare? ›
Congenital double lip is a rare developmental anomaly which usually involves the upper lip more than the lower lip. It may occur in isolation or as a part of Ascher's syndrome. Sometimes upper and lower double lips occur simultaneously.
