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Lip Lift; Am I a candidate? Upper Lip Problem? (photo)

defthoneSep 9, 2014
I am 17 year old female, who has quite full and youthful lips, both upper and lower lip. When I smile the upper teeth shows, but when I let the lips relax and vaguely open my mouth, my upper teeth does not show at all, the upper lip just hangs over the teeth. Is this normal? + is this a sign of weak upper lip muscles?

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Dr. Ali Gurlek, MD
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Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD

An internal mucosal excision can be done to roll the upper lip under to show more teeth/gims but that would make your upper lip even thinner. Thus either a subnasal lip lift or a lip advancement would be your only treatment options to achieve your goal of a gummier smile.

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Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD

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Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MD

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Gary M. Horndeski, MD

A lip lift does 3 things: shortens the distance between the nose and upper lip, rolls out the mucosa and increases incisor show.From your side view, the distance between your nose and upper lip is too long and you would benefit from increased mucosa show.Since you have not provided a front...

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Elizabeth Morgan, MD, PhD (closed)

I understand your concern but your healing is fine. The slight irregularities are normal. You do not need a second opinion. 

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