Is It Possible to Make my Mouth Wider? (photo)

It is possible to make the lips fuller and it is possible to raise the corners of the lips, but it is not possible to make the mouth wider.  Fillers or surgery can be used to help with fullness in the lips or raise the corners of the mouth.  

You could do well with lip injections. Particularly at the corners and along the lateral surfaces. I would still focus centrally with the majority of the product but you are right it is all about getting the right balance with the rest of your face.Hope this helps.Best of luck,DrC

Based on your photos, the width of your lips are actually proportional to your face.  The lip width should be roughly be the same distance as between your eyes.  Your concern about your lips being thin can be addressed with fillers such as juvederm.  This is injected directly into your lip and not around your lips or in your cheeks.  It will give you a fuller lip appearance and can be done incrementally so we can stop once you achieve the look you are going for. The good thing about fillers is that if you do not like the result, you can already reverse it by injecting an agent that dissolves the product or with time, the filler will be dissolved naturally by your body. Most patients, however, love lip fillers and always come back for more. I would recommend seeing a board certified plastic surgeon to fully discuss your concerns and identify the best treatment to address this.

Thanksfor your questions and for attaching your photos! Surgically, there’s a procedure,which could help widen our mouth if by only a little. Nevertheless, it willrequire invasive surgical procedure that I do not entirely require for yourcase. The reason behind it is due to the risk of possible scarring. So, morethan doing good, it may actually do bad for you.
Instead,I would just improve your upper and lower lips with Juvederm, a type ofhyaluronic acid based filler. The filler may be injected in the corners of yourmouth to make it look a little wider. I will also add some volume to your lipsso they will appear plump and soft, but this suggestion is merely based on thephotos that you showed. For a more accurate assessment and proceduresuggestion, it would be best for you to look for a board certified plasticsurgeon who can do a thorough evaluation on your case. This way, he or she willbe able to accurately refer a procedure that will assist you in reaching thelook that you want to achieve.

I would avoid surgery as this will cause scarring and is quite involved.  I would opt for lip injections both in the lips and the corners of the mouth.  In addition injecting Voluma into the cheeks will help balance the face and should give you a beautiful result.  Best, Dr. Green

There is a procedure to widen the mouth, however this requires a surgical procedure and runs the risk of poor scarring. Based on your photos, I would enhance your lips (upper and lower) with Juvederm. I would also place some filler in the corners to make them appear slightly wider as well. Good luck.

A mouth can be made wider by a procedure known as a commissurotomy. This is where skin is removed from beyond the exsting corners of the mouth and the vermilion/mucosa advanced outward to cover the area where the skin was removed. While it can effectively make the mouth wider, it does so at the price of some small scars around the corners. This trade-off has to be seriously considered in a purely cosmetic reason for mouth widening or commissure expansion.

Hello 'Idonteven', thanks for your question.  There IS a way to widen your oral aperture through surgical incisions of your commissures and advancements of the mucosa, which we sometimes do for microstomia reconstruction cases, but I would not recommend it in your case.  The width of your mouth actually nicely balances the aesthetics of your face and any attempts to widen it can detract from the feminine qualities and proportions to your face, leading to a masculinizing effect.  Thus, I would not obsess over it too much.  One thing that could enhance the cosmetic appearance of your mouth is to have thicker, fuller lips with the help of fillers, which can be performed safely as a simple office procedure.  The key here is moderation to avoid the 'blowfish' effect, which unfortunately is fairly prevalent here in southern California.  I recommend having a consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon who knows the lip anatomy well and stays conservative with your lip augmentation procedure to give you a beautiful, aesthetic enhancement to your lips, just in time for Valentine's day. Hope that helps! -Dr.92660

In my 40 years of practice I have only done one ( but a successful one) operation to extend the corners of mouth. In addition the corners were raised as would also benefit you.