lines around the mouth

The mouth area is incredibly active; we use these muscles constantly to speak, eat, and express emotion. Because the skin here is relatively thin, repetitive movement combined with a natural loss of collagen leads to several distinct concerns:

🔹 Smokers Lines (Lipstick Lines): Vertical wrinkles above the top lip (even in non-smokers) caused by volume loss and muscle activity.

🔹 Marionette Lines: Folds that run from the corners of the mouth down to the chin, often creating a “sad” or downturned appearance.

🔹 Nasolabial Folds: The “smile lines” running from the nose to the mouth that deepen as the cheeks begin to sag.

🔹 Thinning Lips: A loss of definition and border, which allows lipstick to “bleed” into surrounding fine lines.

The mouth area is one of the hardest-working parts of the face. To achieve a natural, youthful result, we must address the skin from three different angles: Lifting sagging tissue, Smoothing the surface, and Restoring lost volume.

Many people come to me wanting to “fill” the smile lines (nasolabial folds) or the sad lines at the corners of the mouth (marionette lines). However, these lines are often just a symptom of the cheeks “dropping” or losing volume further up the face.

Instead of just adding weight to the bottom of the face with filler, we address the root cause: Gravity and sagging skin.

Vertical “lipstick lines” (sometimes called smokers lines) are actually etched into the skin surface. To get rid of them, we need to “iron” the skin from the inside out.