Cure and Correction of the Frowning Mouth Can be done with Corner of the lip lifts By Dr. Philip Young Bellevue | Seattle:
Cure and Correction of the Frowning Mouth (or aging mouth, downturned lips / mouth, sad mouth, downturned corners of the lips / mouth) Can be done with Corner of the lip lifts. Many times a facelift cannot completely correct the nasolabial folds and the marionette lines (puppet lines that curve down from the corner of the mouth. Also a facelift does not correct the downturned mouth to a great degree. When this is the case a corner of the lip lift can help the situation. There are essentially two types of these lifts that can be done. One is limited to just the corner of the mouth and can help the downturned mouth turn a little upward. This requires a direct excision of the skin near the corner of the lip. So one has to accept the possibility of a scar in the corner of the mouth. These incisions usually heal with great results in near 90% of people. When there are marionette lines, another type of lift extends the corner of the mouth lip lift to include the marionette lines to improve there appearance. The other option that can be done for the nasolabial folds is also to excise the lateral portion of the nasolabial fold which contributes to is deepening. So if you have persistent nasolabial folds, marionette lines, and downturned lips even after a facelift you can undergo these lip lifts and nasolabial excisions to improve the appearance of your mouth. Take a look at the pictures below. The blue colored areas indicate where you could do excisions to improve the nasolabial folds (blue colored lentiform shape lateral to the nasolabial fold), just the downturned corner of the mouth (smaller blue lentiform pattern), or the downturned corner of the mouth and the marionette fold (larger lentiform or curved blue colored shape):
Thanks for reading, Dr Young
Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington
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