Category: corner of mouth lift

Muscular Anatomy of the Corner of the Mouth and Its Surgical Implications

The corner of the mouth has relevance in aesthetic surgery due to its position and location. With aging or in some people who have it naturally, the mouth corners turn down. Treatments consist of Botox and filler injections or a surgical corner of the mouth lift. The mouth corner also establishes the width of the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study- Pennant Corner of Mouth Lift for Correction of the Frowning Mouth

Background: The smile is one of the most important forms of facial expression. The perception of the entire face changes as soon as one sees someone smile. But the time when one is smiling is far more limited than when one is expressionless. While an expressionless face is supposed to convey no emotion that is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Extreme Upper and Lower Lip Advancements with Mouth Corner Lifts

Background: Lip augmentation is one of the most popular non-surgical facial enhancement procedures. Done primarily by synthetic injectable fillers the size of the lips can be increased for the duration of the filler’s persistence. When skillfully done injectable fillers can create a myriad of perioral effects from lip size increase, correction of lip asymmetries and Read More…

Technical Strategies – Pennant Corner of Mouth Lift

The lips play a major role in the appearance of the lower third of the face. Their size and shape gives indications of gender, expression and age. The lips are well known to be affected by age with thinning of the amount of vermilion show, lip lines and downturning of the corners of the mouth. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Rejuvenation of the Male mouth with Lip and Mouth Corner Lifts

Background: Aging affects all areas of the face and is always most observed in the sphinteric areas of the eyes and mouth. The mouth develops very consistent age-related changes including thinning of lip vermilion show, lengthening of the upper lip and a downward slant to the corners of the mouth. It is all part of Read More…

Surgical Techniques for Mouth Asymmetry

Asymmetry of the mouth is not rare and consists of differences in the size and shape of the vermilion and/or the corner of the mouth. One side of the upper lip may be smaller than the other side or the corners of the mouth may be at different horizontal levels. Some patients affected by mouth Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Corner of Mouth Lifts with Perioral Mound Liposuction

Background: All areas of the face eventually show the signs of aging. But the mouth area in women is affected more by aging than that seen in men and is affected by sagging, thinning and wrinkling. The once fuller lips of youth give way to thinner lips with less vermilion show and vertical lip lines. Read More…

The Corner of the Mouth Lift For the Sad or Aging Mouth Correction

When it comes to treating the aging face, most everyone immediately thinks about a facelift. While a facelift can be a variable concept depending upon how it is done, many patients assume that it is an effective cure for all parts of the face including the mouth. The reality is that lifting the downturned corners Read More…

Patient Testimonials: Corner of Mouth Lift

Corner of Mouth Lift ‘Thank you very much for my corner of mouth lift. My mouth has changed now. I came home from United States last week and my friend saw me with my new mouth and she was amazed. She said to me that my mouth is marvelous and is much better now. She Read More…

Case Study: Surgical Rejuvenation of the Aging Mouth

Background: Aging affects all parts of the face and the mouth area is no exception. The changes of the lips and the perioral tissues are classic and include thinning of the lips, downturning of the corners of the mouth and the development of vertical lip lines. These central facial aging changes are unaffected by more Read More…