A DOCTOR has warned of the dangers of a popular lip filler trend that could leave you with a “sausage” mouth.
Dr Jordan Faulkner, a cosmetic doctor at Allo Aesthetics with years of medical training and surgical work under his belt, urged Brits not to get “Russian lips”.
This controversial method of injecting involves vertically pumping fillers into the lips to create a flatter and more defined shape.
It gets its name from the lips of Russian stacking dolls, which typically have plump pouts and defined cupid’s bows painted on.
And while Instagram posts from injectors offering the style may make the client look more “doll-like” temporarily, there’s a dark reality to the practice.
Jordan compared the injection style to “chewy sweets” you pick up in lips and teeth pick ‘n’ mix.
And, once the filler has settled, he warns it will bleed out beyond your lips and leave you with a heavy, “sausage” looking mouth.
“People don’t understand how filler works,” the expert shared on the Elle Sara podcast.
“It’s a gel – it’s not scaffolding.
“These Russian lips, it’s loads of vertical injections.
“They use quite a firm filler, a very robust filler, which allows them to almost mould and evert that lip to show an unnatural amount of the pink part of the lip.”
Dr Jordan explained that when Russian lips are freshly done, the vertically injected filler does act like “struts” in the short-term.
But he warned that this desirable look is only temporary – and soon you could end up with “sausage” lips.
“Under pressure, a gel is not going to stay in that position,” he said.
“It’s just going to become a big, long sausage.”
The collapsed “struts” will also bleed gel into the “white part” of your lip, Jordan added.
This means you’ll have no lip definition around the border of your mouth.
He added that the long-term results of the injection style are “horrific”.
Celebrities who have been open about getting Russian lips include Katie Price, Love Island star Shaughna Phillips and MAFS UK alum, Thomas Hartley.
Choosing an ethical and legitimate aesthetic practitioner is the key to having safe 'tweakments'.
The first thing you should look out for is someone with a medical background – such as paramedics, pharmacists, nurses and doctors.
Practitioners on the Save Face register are also a safe bet.
Save Face is a register for medical aesthetics, whereby practitioners and clinics have to pass a rigorous 116 point assessment process to join.
Practitioners listed on the register are also appropriately trained in each of the treatments listed on their profile, and fully insured.
