Upper and lower lip augmentation by buried, deepithelialized local flaps: an alternative to the use of foreign material implants when shortening the lips.

Augmentation of the lips has become a new request among patients searching for aesthetic improvement, although it is a very old goal among plastic surgeons when enhancing facial harmony. The simplicity of injecting synthetic material may have contributed to this request; nevertheless, the short-term duration and bizarre results seen with these materials, convinces us to the beneficial effects of our "good, old-fashioned" surgical methods with autologous tissues.