Lip Enhancement Consultation

Lip enhancement at Deluxe You is designed to look like you — refreshed. We plan around your facial proportions, focusing on shape, symmetry, hydration and definition rather than size alone. If a request would not look natural or balanced, we will tell you honestly.

Every treatment begins with an individual consultation and assessment with our Registered Nurse. Individual results vary.

This suits people who want their lips to look balanced with the rest of their face rather than noticeably altered — restoring definition that has softened over time, evening out asymmetry, or adding a little shape while keeping proportion. It suits you best if you can describe what bothers you rather than name a look you have seen elsewhere.

It is not right for everyone, and we would rather say so at the consultation than take a booking. We do not proceed during pregnancy or breastfeeding, over an active cold sore or skin infection in the area, or where there is an untreated inflammatory condition affecting the lips. A history of cold sores does not rule you out but does change how we plan.

We also decline where expectations are unlikely to be met by the treatment, or where someone is asking for a result that would not look balanced on their face. Saying no is part of the job, not a failure of it.

The first appointment is a consultation, not a treatment. We start with what is actually bothering you — which is often more specific than “bigger lips” and sometimes turns out not to be the lips at all.

We then assess your face at rest and in movement, looking at proportion, symmetry, the border and the way your upper lip sits when you smile. We take a full medical history: medications, allergies, previous treatments in the area, and anything relevant to healing.

From there you get the realistic options, including doing nothing, along with what each involves, what recovery looks like and what it cannot achieve. Your individual pricing is given to you then. In-clinic consultations are $70 and there is no obligation to proceed on the day — in fact we often prefer people to go away and think.

Swelling is the part people underestimate. It is normal, it peaks in the first 24 to 48 hours, and lips swell more than most areas of the face because the tissue is soft and well supplied with blood.

• Day 0–1. Noticeable swelling and tenderness. Lips can feel firm or uneven to the touch.
• Days 2–3. Swelling begins to settle. Bruising, if it appears, is usually most visible now.
• Days 4–7. Most swelling has gone. Small areas of firmness can persist.
• Week 2–4. Settled. This is when the result should be judged — not in the first week.

Plan around events rather than hoping. If you have a wedding or a holiday, leave a clear fortnight. Individual results vary, and so does recovery.

For the first 24 hours: no strenuous exercise, no alcohol, no very hot drinks or hot showers, and avoid heavy makeup on the area. All of these increase swelling or bruising.

Sleep with your head slightly elevated for the first night or two. A cool compress helps — ice directly on the skin does not. Avoid dental work for a couple of weeks where you can, and tell your dentist if it cannot wait.

Get in touch promptly rather than waiting if you notice increasing rather than settling pain, blanching or unusual whiteness of the skin, a dusky or mottled colour, or any change in vision. These are uncommon, but they are the ones we want to hear about immediately and out of hours if necessary. You will be given direct contact details before you leave.

Whether or not you come to us, these are the questions worth asking anywhere you are considering:

1. Who will actually perform the treatment, what are their qualifications, and are they registered with Ahpra?
2. Who is the prescriber, and have they personally assessed you?
3. What happens if something goes wrong — who do you call after hours, and is that person qualified to manage a complication?
4. What are the risks, including the rare serious ones, and were they explained before you were asked to pay?
5. Is there a review appointment, and is it included?

A clinic that answers all five without hesitation is a reasonable sign. A price quoted before an assessment is not.

Temporary swelling and tenderness are common after treatment, and most noticeable for the first 24–48 hours — worth planning around events. You leave with full aftercare guidance, and we are available for any questions while you settle.