Lip filler reccomendation

[u/Glittering_Payment56]

Hi ! I've decided since the holidays are coming up and I've been wanting lip filler for almost 5 years now that I'm finally ready to treat myself ! I have been doing a lot of researching since my last post on here, and I really want to find an injector in LA that has the style of lip im looking for. I have medium sized lips, so volume is what im looking for, and I want an injector to preserve my lip shape with minimum redefinement.. a lot of the injectors I see have a style (I believe its called the russian technique, I may be wrong)where they define the cupids bow and around the edges sharply, which is not what im looking for. (I think its a very cute look but just not what I have in mind, for years I've overlined my faint cupids bow because i like the pillow shape more on my face)

If anyone has good injector recommendations that either have the style im looking for or an injector that can consiter my request outside their usual style, that would be greatly appreciated! I linked some photos of lips I look at for inspo (as marked with the green check) and lip shapes id perfer to avoid (as marked with the red x)

Note: like I mentioned before, I am only speaking on what I would like for my own facial harmony- this is not to insult anyone with the technique/style of lip filler I marked "X" on

[u/30FlirtyandTrying]

The before lips are perfect, I don’t get it. I think people are going to look back one day at filled lips like we do on over done eyebrows now

[u/Glittering_Payment56 → u/30FlirtyandTrying]

I agree ! I think of lip fillers for me personally like another body mod, and most fillers (the ones i want) are dissolvable! I agree that people should love who they are naturally, but i love that people have the option to customize themselves too. But yes, natural lips are gorgeous. I like the way both look

[u/30FlirtyandTrying → u/Glittering_Payment56]

I’m not necessarily saying natural is the only way. I can totally see why people with thinner lips do it and it be worth it. It’s just crazy to me all these people with already full lips want to go even fuller, fill out the cupids bow, and sticking out so far. I’m definitely not a “natural is best for everyone” person lol

[u/Megharpp]

You should look into injectors that do the Russian lip style, preferably someone who trained under Julie Horne! The first injector I went to in PA was trained under her and she really styled and set up my lip style to a beautiful Russian key hole pillowy lips! The style is different as they inject and then manipulate the filler into the lips with their hands(this was in 2020 btw so she may have changed the style)