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Turn That Frown Into A Smile With A Little Plastic Surgery

Article Summary: Downturning of the corners of the mouth occurs with facial aging in many women. This creates a sad, mad, or unhappy appearance to the mouth area. Injectable fillers treatments provide temporary improvement only. A small plastic surgery procedure, a corner of the mouth lift, can be done in the office to provide long-term correction of this aesthetic mouth problem.

Many female patients today seek rejuvenation procedures which involve making the mouth area look better or less aged. As women age, some will lose lip volume, develope upper and lower lip wrinkles, and have the corners of the mouth draw down. This often creates a sad, mad, or unhappy appearance to the lip area.

The use of any of the injectable fillers can be done to not only increase the size of the lips and puff out some of the fine wrinkles, but can be used to temporarily lift the corners of the mouth as well. While injectable filler treatments are not permanent, they are quick and easy to do.

The corner of the mouth lift is a surgical option that has lasting effects. It is an old procedure that has been around for many decades. The corner of the mouth lift can be performed in the office under local anesthesia as a stand alone procedure or as part of any number of other facial rejuvenation procedures such as lip injections, lip wrinkle reduction by laser resurfacing or as part of a larger facelift operation. The downhanging mouth corner can be raised by taking a very small triangle of skin from just above the overhanging area which provides an immediate leveling of the corner of the mouth. It is a very powerful procedure for such a small removal of skin and one must be careful not to overdo it by raising the corner of the mouth too far up and having too long of a scar. While all surgical procedure create scars, the corner of the mouth lift scar is very small and inconspicuously placed.

The delicate corner of the mouth lift must be done so that the corners are raised to a near level position and the resultant scar to do so is kept very small and well placed. Many facelift patients mistakenly think that the facelift will pull up the corner which is a misunderstanding. That is why some facelift patients with 'frowns' needs a concurrent corner of the mouth lift procedure.

Women really love this procedure and are delighted that something so simple can make such a difference. When done in the office under local anesthesia, other rejuvenating lip procedures can be done simultaneously. Grooves that extend from the downturned corners of the mouth, otherwise known as 'marionette lines', will also need treated by some of filling material whether it be fat, injectable fillers, or implants. For those patients with chronic irritation due to salivary overflow (a condition known as angular cheilitis), a corner of the mouth may even be curative as it rearranges the angulation of the 'spout' and creating a more competent lip dam effect.

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Dr Barry Eppley
Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon of Indianapolis, operates a private practice at Clarian North and West Medical Centers in suburban Indianapolis. He writes a daily blogs on topics and trends in plastic surgery at http://www.exploreplasticsurgery.com