The location of the superior and inferior labial arteries is obviously very important if you're going to avoid causing a vascular occlusion. But, lip anatomy studies seem to contradict each other about the arteries' most common position.

Dr Tim was thinking about this issue whilst making his lunch this week (as you do!) and a cherry tomato seed inspired him to film an analogy for this week's Aesthetics Mastery Show which should help reveal the truth about this vital lip anatomy.

Let us know in the comments if it helps.

Here's a link to Dr Murad Alam's very helpful paper https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american...

Here's Professor Cotofana's brilliant Instagram:   / professorsebastiancotofana  

Here are Professor Cotofana's two very insightful studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28092...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32469...

Here are more details about the ACE complications group Tim referenced at the beginning: https://acegroup.online/

Other useful links:

If you struggle with worry over causing complications, you would benefit from Dr Tim's live webinar about how to overcome complications anxiety. Register here: https://www.aestheticcomplications.co...

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