Beverly Hills, Calif.-based plastic surgeon Dr. Ben Talei has become known for the "Cupid Lift" lip procedure. Here, he tells PEOPLE how he created it.

With a bullhorn lip lift, a surgeon shortens the space between the lips and the nose, known as the philtrum. This type of lip lift is called a bullhorn, because a subtle scar along the nostrils ...

A lip lift is a surgical procedure that shortens the space between the nose and the top lip. The name for this part of the face is the philtrum. This procedure aims to eliminate thinness in the ...

A lip lift is an in-office surgical procedure that shortens the space between the nose and the top of the lip, known as the “philtrum.” The procedure increases the amount of pink tissue that ...

Unlike filler, a lip lift delivers a more long-lasting and natural-looking alternative when performed correctly. After the philtrum — the area between the upper lip and bottom of the nose — is ...

Shortening the philtrum can also make the smile wider ... While looking more youthful is often the primary goal when getting a lip lift, there are other potential benefits. Advocates say the ...

A majority of Asian patients who underwent a central lip lift did so to improve their facial ... especially involving the philtrum or upper lip, the surgeon should consider not only the aesthetic ...

Also with aging, the lips get longer, they turn down at corners and the philtrum drops and the top teeth become hidden behind the upper lip. With the lip lift, the upper lip is shortened to create ...

Today, top lip-lift surgeons work on a deeper plane, freeing the skin from the underlying muscle before tweaking the proportions of the philtrum. “What we’ve discovered is that by releasing ...

known as the philtrum – are trending thanks in part to social media and all those Zoom calls we’ve had to endure seeing ourselves on. Irina Prosmushkin before (left) and after her lip lift.

The Cupid Lift is the most natural, controllable way to lift someone's lip: to shorten the height of their philtrum [the groove between the lip and the nose], which can get longer with time." ...

Also with aging, the lips get longer, they turn down at corners and the philtrum drops and the top teeth become hidden behind the upper lip. With the lip lift, the upper lip is shortened to create ...