Lifting corners of the mouth by Mid-face lift?

A midface lift can, in some people, slightly raise the corners of the mouth, but it wouldn't be my procedure of choice. Other options to raise the corners of the mouth are plumping up the cheeks and/or lips with filler, injecting Botox into the muscles that pull the mouth down (depressor anguli oris)... more

I don't think the long term effects of the cheeklift will be what you'd like as fart as the lifting of the corners of the mouth. I don't like the scars one would get with an incision at the corner of the mouth. You would do best with radiesse for this problem as the lesser of evils. 

I would not use the mid-face lift alone to achieve elevation of the corners of the mouth.  It is more likely to restore fullness to the cheeks. This can be performed using a variety of incisions from inside the mouth, to under the eye or through the face lift approach. It is not uncommon to combine fat... more

Hi!  In New York City, we think the mid-facelift is a very good operation.  It significantly lifts the corners of the mouth and provides fullness to the cheeks.  And there are no visible scars (the incisions are in the mouth and behind the temples in the hair). How it is done is very... more