Bulging muscles around mouth, what can I do? (Photos)

March 29, 2025
Asked By:shawshaw11 in Salt Lake City, Utah

I am 5’4, 120, & 27 years old in this pic. (Fairly recent picture). The muscle around my mouth bulges and I hate it so much. I think I purse when I am stressed and it has become a regular habit. I have gotten some Botox there and it helps but only for like a month! What can I do? I am working on stressors and lifestyle. But it is killing my confidence. It makes my face look so heavy and old. And a bit of a mustache look depending on the light. Need help with know if other procedures or ideas of how to get this bulging to stop. It started forming a few years before this picture. And has remained. Or could it be some really bad filler? It feels like muscle contraction and Botox does bring it down. But I did have an awful lip filler experience and wondering if some could have migrated that badly. Although I doubt that is the full case.

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