Can Suction Cups Really Enhance Your Lips?

Lip cupping anyone? If you do not already know, lip cupping is a 100% natural method for lip enlargement. You can now enlarge your lips instantly using suction technology! Lip cupping has been on the market for at least 5 years. Its concept derives from an ancient suction method known as ‘Cupping’- which may date back to as far as 3,500 years ago. Cupping is thought to have originated in China. However, some experts now think that it may have been introduced first by the ancient Egyptians. ‘Cupping’ has been proven clinically to increase blood flow for 5 to 20 minutes to the cupped area of the skin.
Today, ‘Cupping’ is widely used to accelerate healing for sports injuries and treat ailments such as arthritis, migraine, asthma, digestive problems, and high blood pressure. ‘Cupping’ has also been used to tone the skin and reduce skin cellulite. Breast enlargement pumps also have been developed based on the ‘Cupping’ method. In a ‘Breast Cupping’ clinical trial, the results showed that participants were able to increase 1 bra size from wearing the breast pumps 10 hours a day for 10 months.

When doing research I found people using everything from shot glasses to mason jars to create the suction needed to plump up their lips but the best bet is to order your suction cups specifically for lips from a reputable company like Fullips (http://fullips.com/) or Candy Lipz (http://www.candylipz.com/).

Here are the basic steps for most lip plumping cup sets:

Step 1: Lightly exfoliate your lips and the surrounding area first, using a soft washcloth or soft toothbrush to help achieve fuller results. Next, wet the area around your mouth with water. (This moisture is not necessary, but may help establish tighter suction which they say is the key to a good result.)

Step 2: Position the Fullips enhancer over your mouth and lip area, hold it in place while applying some pressure, and suck in short puffs of air until a solid suction is established. You should feel a gentle pulling — this is normal/what is supposed to be happening.

Step 3: Suction your lips in 15 to 30 second increments. Then use your finger to help break suction.

Step 4: Repeat step 3 until desired fullness is reached, and then apply your lip cosmetics as usual.

For the curious seekers who want to enhance their lips naturally using ‘Lip Cupping’, there are pros and cons you need to know before you try this method.

PROS

The results are instant and temporary. It takes just a few minutes to enhance the lips and the look lasts for up to 2 hours. You get to see what you might look like if you would have had lip injections. In the long-run, your lips may stay naturally enlarged with daily use of a lip pump. The clinical trial showed that lip size increased by 36% from base-line lip size after 60 days of twice daily applications for 2 minutes each time.

Lip cupping is very affordable compared to lip injections. Lip injection cost may range from $500 to $2000 a session and that depends on how full you want your lips to be filled. In addition, you will need to return to the office at least 2 to 3 times a year to maintain your pout. This means you might have to spend $3000 to $6000 a year! The price of a lip pump can range from just $19.99 and up to $299.99 for a system. The product lifespan is between 2 to 5 years. Lip cupping is non-invasive. There is little or no pain from the pulling suction force of the lip pump once your lips are conditioned to it. ‘Cupping’ is known to be able to lift and pull 8 layers of the skin if the right suction force and size of the cups are used.  These actions facilitate the increased movement of blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients to the skin. They help heal, relief tension, uproot trapped tissue impurities, and detoxify the skin.

CONS

Lip cupping has a side effect which everyone should be aware of. Like ‘Cupping’, the practice of ‘lip cupping’ causes hickey marks- similar to cupping marks- on and around the lips for first-time users. The hickey marks can range from mild to quite intense marks depending on gender and age. Men and young adults tend to get milder marks than women and the elderly. In a lip cupping clinical trial, the results showed that on average the hickey marks resolve themselves in 4 days. 80% of testers got mild hickey marks, 5% got intense hickey marks and 15% got no hickey marks. The older you get, the longer the hickey marks may take to resolve. SO BEWARE. You can use a concealer cream for a few days as needed.

Once you are through with the conditioning period of 7 to 10 days, the hickey marks are not likely to return if you use the lip pump daily.
Tips: Many users have reported that you can reduce or avoid the appearance of the cupping marks by using less time per application.  

If you have lip implants, you cannot use lip plumper suction devices. These devices may cause migration or movement of the lip implants. If you have very sensitive skin or bleed easily or have a blood disorder, you cannot use the lip plumper suction devices.

So what do I think? Does it really work?
Short answer: Yes! Why? Because it actually created fuller and plumper lips like it promises. My lips stayed fuller for about two hours. The more you will use this trick the longer it will last but I would say the effect lasts about three hours. When you’re not a fan of plastic surgery of lip injections this is definitely a great product for you to try!

See the tutorial below on how to get the perfect plump Kylie Jenner style of full lips:
https://youtu.be/97FRPv23_5E

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