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-medical-association/rates-of-vascular-occlusion-associated-with-using-needles-vs-cannulas-i2AH81DdSq?articleList=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DRates%2Bof%2BVascular%2BOcclusion%2BAssociated%2BWith%2BUsing%2BNeedles%2Bvs%2BCannulas%2Bfor%2BFiller%2BInjection

Here's Professor Cotofana's brilliant Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/professorsebastiancotofana/

Here are Professor Cotofana's two very insightful studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28092335/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32469050/


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