I had a gummy smile. After lip repositioning i can't close my mouth. And my top lip seems now smaller. 10 days after the intervention. Now, the smile is better and i like it. But when i stay relaxed my mouth it s open. And i don t undetstand why my top lip it s smaller now. What can i do?
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The correction of a gummy smile by a vestibuloplasty and muscle release has a god track history of success with only minimal to moderate relapse. Any such relapse occurs in the first three months after surgery.
Hello. The issue you are speaking of can easily be corrected with a few units of Botox/Dysport. I have been successfully using Botox and Dysport to correct smiles for more than 10 years.
It's difficult to make a treatment
recommendation without an in-person consultation, although your photos do
suggest that you're a good candidate for a non-surgical option, such as the
ones you listed. In my practice, the lip lengthening option is quite popular as
its results are typically...
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