In the picture I'm smiling and my right (picture left) commissure clearly pulls much farther than the left side. It has been like this since I was born; it's definitely genetic. If this was only when I was smiling I could tolerate it, but when I'm talking I notice my mouth moves oddly on the side and even when I'm resting I kind of always look like I'm smirking on that side because of how much it pulls. Can botox fix that asymmetry? How could I find a master injector in Los Angeles?
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August 9, 2020
Answer: Botox for lip corners, gummy smile, lip lines
In the thousands of patients who I have injected with Botox over my many years in practice, I don't know of anyone, in particular, who developed anxiety attributed to the Botox injection.
K. Roxanne Grawe, MD (license permanently revoked) says:
Hello! Thank you for your question and photo.
Did you happen to have dermal filler placed in your lips as well? Based on your photos, it looks as if you did. If this is the case, most likely the cause of your 'lip drop' is a combintion of the botox and filler. The botox when injected above the...
Thank you for your question. There are multiple muscles that go into making a smile. Using Botox you can target the larger muscles further laterally on the mouth to weaken those and help with the smile. Make sure to go to the an experienced plastic surgeon injector.
