Attractive And Different Types Of Lips

Everyone has different types and sizes of lips. However, remember that every type of lips is beautiful and perfect. It is okay if you do not have a perfect lip shape because your lips shape does not define your personality. If you are good from the inside, your outer beauty will not matter.

The types and sizes of the lips depend upon genetics and facial structure.

For example: if your mother has a heart-shaped lip and your father has thin lips with a small size, then there is a high probability that you will have small and round-shaped lips which will look like heart-shaped lips.

However, the way your smile, frown, and different lip movements make a difference in the lips look.

Keep reading to learn about the types of lips, different lips sizes, care of lips, and the surgical methods to change or enhance the look and size of your lips:

Types of lips:

Lips are just as different as fingerprints. The greek word for lip prints is cheiloscopy. There are many different types of lips.

Following are some common types of lips:

Heart-shaped lips

Heart-shaped is the most desired shape of lips. 

Almost everyone wants heart-shaped lips. In this shape, the upper and the lower lips look like a heart. 

Heart-shaped lips are not wide, but they look beautiful. Most of the celebrities use surgical options to get heart-shaped lips.

Full lips

Fully lips are naturally perfect proportioned lips.

In this shape, the upper lip is a little bigger than the lower lip. Many people use plastic surgeries to get full lips.

Top-heavy lip

The top-heavy lip is a very rare type of lip. Only a few people have this shape.

The upper lip is bigger than the lower lip in top-heavy lip shape. However, the lipsticks look beautiful in this shape.

Bottom-heavy lips

Bottom-heavy lips are the best lips for a pout. 

This shape of lips makes the flat jaw look. Most of the famous celebrities like Kylie Jenner, Angelina Jolie, etc., have bottom-heavy lips.

Thin lips

When the size and look of the lips are small, they are known as thin lips.

Most of the People with thin lips use the surgical options to make their lips big . It is true that wide lips look more beautiful and attractive than thin lips but remember that every lip shape has its own importance and perfectness.

Wide lips

Wide lips are the most attractive shape of lips. According to the experts’ analysis, 65% of the population have wide lips.

The smile looks more perfect with wide lips.

Small, round lips

Small, round lips look like heart-shaped lips, but the size of the lip is smaller.

The skin between the nose and the lips is very small in this shape.

Goldilocks lips

Goldilock lips are not too big or thin. They are medium-sized.

People who have this shape have a standard pout.

Cupids’ bow

Mostly, people with small faces have this type of lips.

The size of the upper and lower lips are the same in the cupids’ bow.

Taking care of lips is very important to avoid surgical options for lips.

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Care of lips:

It doesn’t matter what the types and sizes of your lips are. You can improve the look and the size of your lips by using the following steps:

Keep hydrated

It is very important to hydrate your lips especially, during the cold and dry climate. 

You can use the following lip moisturizers to keep your lips hydrated:

• Vaseline
• Cocoa butter
• Coconut oil
• Aloe vera gel
• Vitamin E 

These moisturizers help to take care of lips. 

Use good products

If you are using a commercial lip product, make sure that the product which you are using contains camphor or castor oil.

Also, check the type of fragrance it contains.

Do not chap your lips.

Following are some causes of chapped and cracked lips:

• Dry or cold climate
• Certain medications
• Lip licking habit
• Dehydration 
• Malnutrition

Use a sugar scrub to avoid chapped lips.

Avoid makeup when indoors.

According to the experts’ research, lipsticks reduce the natural pink color of lips and give them a black color.

So, avoid using makeup or lipstick when you are at home.

Exfoliate daily

Same as the skin, the lips also get dead cells that dull and dry your lips. 

Use sugar scrub or any other scrub to lips, then rinse with mineral water. After scrubbing, apply lip balm.

 This will help to take care of your lips.

Old Age

Sometimes according to the age, the lips start getting smaller in size. The lips look thin in old age compared to young age because the lips have soft and small tissues that break down according to age.

According to the experts’ analysis, the thickness of the lips decreases by 40.55% in women and 32.74% in men.

Alternative remedies to take care of lips:

Coconut oil:

Coconut oil is the most popular home remedy for chapped lips. It has soothing and healing properties in it,

Coconut oil can also be used as a moisturizer.

Avocado oil

You can use avocado oil to infuse your lips with protein and fats.

The next best alternative to avocado oil is virgin olive oil.

Applying cucumber

Cucumber helps in reducing infection and redness around the lips.

Eating cucumber also helps in making your lips look shinier and glossy.

Exercises to enhance the different lip shapes and sizes:

Following are some good exercises that you can do to enhance your lip types and sizes:

Smile and kiss

• Sit in a straight position
• Smile broadly with an open mouth
• Hold the smile for 2 minutes
• Release the smile
• Make pout shape for 2 minutes
• Release the pout shape
• Repeat the process for five times

Closed-mouth smile

• Close your mouth
• Make a broad smile
• Hold for 120 seconds
• Relax
• Repeat the process for six times 

Lip press with resistance

• Use your middle finger
• Place the middle finger in the center of the lips
• Press the finger on the lips
• Hold for 60 seconds
• Relax 
• Use this exercises for five times

Lip circles

• Close your lips
• Pucker your lips
• Move your lips left to right and right to left
• Try to make 8 
• Do this for 3 minutes

The above exercises will help you to get perfect lip shapes. Also, you can avoid surgical options by using these exercises.

However, after doing these exercises still you are not happy with your lips shapes, then you can opt for some surgical options.

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Some surgical options to change your lips shapes:

If you are not happy or satisfied with your lips types and shapes, then you have the option to opt for surgical options.

Following are some surgical options that you can use to get different types of lips;

Lip fillers

Lip filler injections help in enhancing the sizes of lips. It is a semi-permanent procedure.

The surgeon first numbs your lip with topical anesthesia and then injects the lip filler. However, before getting lip filler, discuss the shape and size of the lips you want and the brand which they are using.

The lip filler contains hyaluronic acid and gel-like substances, which help in making your lips look wide.

Lip reduction

If you want to reduce the size of lips, then you can have lip reduction surgery.

In lip reduction, the surgeon removes the lip tissues and the fat which you have on your lips. A local or general anesthesia can be used in the lip reduction process or surgery.

Some interesting facts about different types of lips:

• Thin lips have a more pinkish look
• Lips have no sweat glands
• Lips have no bone
• Lips have a higher number of nerves as compared to the other body parts
• Lipsticks industries generate at least $13.4 billion net worth.
• 43% of the total population has perfect shapes of lips.
• The whistle is possible just because of the upper lip
• Men have more chances of getting lip cancer than the women
• Lips attract the oral sex

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Summary:

Lips are the most attractive and beautiful part of a human being. Everyone has different types of lips and sizes. However, all of the types and sizes are perfect. So, do not feel bad or conscious about your lip shape.

There are some types of lips like heart-shaped lips, full lips, thin lips, wide lips, etc., with different lips sizes. To enhance and change your lips shape, you need to take care of your lips by hydrating, exfoliating, etc.

In the post, we have mentioned some good and easy exercises that will help you change or enhance your lip size and shape.

Also, there are some surgical options that you can opt for enhancing your lip’s shapes and looks. 

We hope that the above post helped you to identify your lip shape and size.

So, which lip shape do you have? Mention in the comment section fast.