Subnasal Lip Lift and Its Effect on Nasal Esthetics

The subnasal lip lift has emerged as a standard procedure for the treatment of an elongated upper lip. Despite its popularity, limited literature has studied its effect on nasolabial esthetics. The purpose of this study is to describe the effect of the subnasal lip lift on nasal and labial esthetic parameters. The authors conducted a retrospective case review of patients who underwent a subnasal lip lift procedure without concurrent rhinoplasty between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2019. The outcome variables were lip length, tooth show, vermillion display, alar width, nasolabial angle, columellar-lobular angle, Crumley analysis, and Simons analysis. Preoperative and postoperative values were compared and analyzed using paired sample t-tests. Overall, 55 female patients with an average age of 52 years and a mean follow-up of 14 months were included in the study. Subnasal lip lift resulted in a statistically significant 21.5% reduction in lip length, 31.5% increase in the vermilion show, and a 1.52 mm increase in tooth show (P