The first ever permanent silicone lip implant has been carried out by a London based plastic surgeon . 

PermaLip is a silicone-based lip implant which is soft and malleable and produces - so plastic surgeons would have us believe - fuller, luscious lips without the problems previously associated with permanent lip fillers.

Lip plumping procedures until now have usually been carried out with temporary collagen fillers. Although collagen requires regular top-ups to retain lip fullness, it gives a more "natural" look for lips and was generally a safer procedure than some of the other permanent solutions previously used. Plastic Surgeons had previously experimented with other forms of permanent lip implants - Gore-Tex the material used in raincoats being one.

Lip enlargement is one of the most popular cosmetic procedures in the UK - despite much negative publicity from some disastrous celebrity 'after' photos featured in "Hello", "Heat" and other magazines. The phrase "trout pout" hit the tabloid headlines as a convenient discription for  lip enhancement gone wrong.

Before PermaLip, many so-called "permanent" lip implants caused tissue ingrowth resulting in a restricted unatural smile. Far from looking and feeling better, patients often found their lives horribly changed by something which was meant to make them look younger or more beautiful. 

PermaLip appears to have none of these problems and can be genuinely offered as safe alternative to collagen fillers for lips. The PermaLip implant costs around £2000-2500 in the UK. Whilst this seems to be a much higher outlay than the cost of a collagen filler, a true comparison would be the total cost of having repeat collagen fillers compared to the one off cost of a permanent PermaLip procedure. Plastic surgeons are anticipating a huge demand.

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