The patterns on a person’s lips might be genetically linked to clefts and other orofacial disorders. A repaired cleft lip shows a whorled pattern. Image by MARY L. MARAZITA, CENTER FOR CRANIOFACIAL ...

Notice any differences between the lips on the left and on the right? Every single person sports a pattern of lines on their kisser. They’re laid down early in development and stay essentially ...

Lips come in all kinds of shapes, but contrary to all the popular magazine buzz, your lip type isn’t related to your personality. Period. Genetics mainly determine your lip type, your facial structure ...

Chapped lips are more than just a nuisance. While it’s easy to attribute dry, cracked lips to cold weather or dehydration, persistent chapping can actually be a sign of underlying health issues.

Understanding speech from the images of a person's lip movements. Automatic lip reading (ALR) converts lip patterns (visemes) into sounds (phonemes) that are turned into words. The first ALR is ...