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A plastic surgeon has performed the first permanent silicone lip implant operation in Britain.
According to a report in The Sunday Times, the implants, made from the same material as breast implants can be inserted into the lips in just fifteen minutes. The new implants, called PermaLip, cost between £2,000 and £2,500, and are marketed at patients who either want to boost the size of their lips, or whose lips have narrowed with age.
“The PermaLip implants are soft and malleable,” says Patrick Mallucci, a plastic surgeon with London Plastic Surgery Associates ”so the look and feel is entirely natural and wouldn’t hinder any activity such as kissing or eating.”
Surgeons say that inserting the implants is a simple operation that can be carried out under local anaesthetic. The surgeon makes two small incisions in the corners of the mouth, and the implant is passed through a tunnel in the lip.
Some great news then ahead of Valentine’s Day, and all that kissing….
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