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Deep Horizontal Lip Lines - How Can I Fix?
asked 1 year ago by horizontalmess in Pleasanton, CA
Latest answer by Aaron Stone, MD
Question viewed 1,200 times
Tags: lips, deep
I had laser resurfacing on my face in April to help diminish my two horizontal wrinkles above my lip. Everytime I smile the only thing I see are these two wrinkles. I hate taking pictures and am very insecure about my looks. Is there anything I can do to fix. Could the muscle be cut under the lip so the wrinkle could relax? I would do anything to be able to look at myself and be happy.
2 answers to Deep Horizontal Lip Lines - How Can I Fix?
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Treatment of horizontal lip lines
The type of lip line you describe is never amenable to laser resurfacing because the inciting agent is a small deep muscle that pulls the tip of the nose downward and the lip upward to create the skin crease. Laser resurfacing affects the skin surface and just does not get deep enough to do anything to the muscle.
Based on the surgeon's experience the muscles are removed through an incision inside the nose or via an incision on the inner surface of the upper lip. Some of the...
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Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Correcting deep horizontal lip lines
Regarding: "deep horizontal lip lines - how can I fix? I had laser resurfacing on my face in April to help diminish my two horizontal wrinkles above my lip. Everytime I smile the only thing I see are these two wrinkles. I hate taking pictures and am very insecure about my looks. Is there anything I can do to fix. Could the muscle be cut under the lip so the wrinkle could relax? I would do anything to be able to look at myself and be happy."
There is a muscle that BOTH...
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