Lip filler foundations — the wet–dry border, thread volume and total ml
Want to tighten up my lip technique. Where exactly relative to the wet–dry border, what angle, and how much per thread/total?
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Foundation lip teaching in a nutshell: • Choose a softer (lower G') filler so the lip stays natural to the touch. • Stay ABOVE the wet–dry border — the wet (inner) lip is highly vascular and a vascular-occlusion risk, so we avoid it. • Technique: linear retrograde threads, enter at roughly 30°. Superficial in the vermilion border for definition; slightly deeper in the body/vermilion for volume and to reduce lumps; aim to augment the tubercles when adding body. • Volumes: about 0.05 ml per linear thread, and around 0.5–1 ml total, divided between upper and lower according to the result you're building. • Aesthetics: the classic reference is an upper:lower balance around 1:1.618, but read the individual face rather than forcing a ratio. Slow, small aliquots, and stop and reassess constantly.
The 'avoid the wet border because of vascularity' rule is the one to drum in early. Definition on the border, volume in the body, and don't chase size in one appointment.
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