And what you are going to feel is a bee sting, and then it'll go numb.
Ohhhhh man...ohhh god...
Beauty is pain!
It's painful.
I'm Jenna.
I'm Beth.
And we are mother and daughter, and we're here to get lip filler today.
She has the thin lips.
I have old lips.
So I've had lip filler about 5 times.
I love the way my lips look when they're plumped, but my mom has only had them done one time.
And I'm a little apprehensive today because it wasn't the greatest experience.
I started getting Botox and filler... I think I was 24 years old.
I was actually really late to the game.
So I think I probably started maybe two years ago.
I will try out a different doctor every single time I go and get my lips done.
I just like seeing the different techniques,
and learning about how they do things a little bit differently,
so I'm really excited to see how Dr. Mendieta does my lips.
And I'm excited to see how yours come out since you hated them the first time.
I was texting her pictures every 5 minutes as the swelling continued,
but I implicitly trust my daughter.
Implicitly trust the process,
and again. I'm really open minded, and I want to be the best version of myself.
I'm Dr. Constantino Mendieta, a board certified plastic surgeon,
in solo practice in sunny Miami, Florida.
So Jenna and Beth came in for probably one of the most popular, non-surgical procedures
that we have--and that's lip augmentation.
In the practice you'll see a variety of things like friends that come in together,
sisters that come in together, mother daughters are a big popular group.
So, if you look at Jenna---Jenna's upper lip is very, very thin.
Paper thin.
Her lower lip is a little bit fuller.
So she needs a lot of volume to really plump up that lip.
Now Beth, the mother was interesting because she was very nervous about size,
and that's a very common fear that many women have,
so we tend to go a little bit more conservative on them.
l'll inject a little bit the first time,
have them come back a week later, we can inject a little bit more,
3 weeks or 4 weeks---whenever they're ready.
Her needs were a little bit different than her daughter
because she had a little bit more depressions on the lateral part.
She had some fullness to the central part of the lip,
but was depressed on the side, so it created this little horn looking appearances.
And that can be really tough to pop out,
so I sometimes require two treatments to get that where I want to.
I would say at about 2-3 weeks is where you're seeing what you're going to be getting,
but in the beginning, for the first week or so, it looks a little fake.
If you're somebody who doesn't believe in plastic surgery, then great.
All the best to you because that means that's your philosophy,
but if you want to try to enhance something that you've struggled with all your life,
and you will never be able to change any other way,
then this might be a great solution for you.
Hi good to see you
How are you?
I'm going to get real comfortable.
I hope you don't mind.
Yes.
Hi.
How are ya?
I'm going to try and make it as comfortable as possible.
You'll feel a little bee sting.
and 5-4-3-2-1...7-8-9
I can't count, that's my only problem.
What proportion should it be top-to-bottom?
What is the ideal ratio?
You know, some people like a little bit of a fuller lower lip than the upper lip.
I probably want to keep it there.
--yeah.
I think it's good.
'cause I don't want it to look too full.
Mmmhmm.
...and what you're going to feel is a bee sting, and then it'll go numb.
ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
ohhhhh god!
Good!
4-8-9-10
Yup.
You got it.
I cried!
Yeah.
I did too.
Yeah!
It's painful!
Of all the dumb things we've done Jenna.
a little bit, just...
yeah. fine
Go right underneath what you call the vermillion border which is that
between the red line and the white line.
Now you're going to feel a little bee sting...
I don't know what kind of bee stings you, but...
...apparently!
So that's all numbing medicine.
The only problem is that it distorts it a little bit.
Where do you look at... you see those two...
yeah---that's the numbing medicine.
Right now, it's going to look real natural.
It won't look like it's overdone but
you've got numbing medicine in there.
So I'm not going to freak out and tell you to throw the antidote in my lips?
It looks great!
Thank you doctor.
You're welcome!
Well, we just got our lips injected,
and you know--we're a little swollen and still really numb,
so we're probably speaking very funny
Totally numb and highly swolen!
Yeah.
The white part is where the numbing injection was
Right.
So, it looks way more swollen and not as natural as the final result will be in a few days.
And we're going really swollen tomorrow,
but I really like the result!
Like...it looks natural.
I think he did a really good job with the proportion,
which is a hard word to say when your lips are really numb.
But yeah, the result is fantastic!
I think your lips look great.
I think they're really natural.
I think this is the exact result you were looking for.
I like that I was able to hold your hand through the whole thing,
even though I was laughing at you a little bit.
A thousand, million times better for me always to have my daughter by my side.
Yeah.
It's always better to have my mom with me.
If I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed, or even if it's something like lip injections....
it's always nice to have your mommy on hand.
It's true!
I can't blow this!
My lips don't work!