What really helps against lip wrinkles?

Wrinkles around mouth and lips vary in terms of their characteristics, shape and the areas they usually form. Just as diversified as their shape and appearance are the different treatment options to eliminate or at least to soften lip wrinkles, to accentuate your lip lines and to give your lips back their natural smoothness, gloss and elasticity. I distinguish between the following types of lip wrinkles:

Radial lip wrinkles

Radial lip lines radiate around the upper and lower lip in a ring shape. They form primary as a result of the continuous contracting of the mouth ring muscle, a mimic muscle which on his part runs around the mouth in a ring shape. 

Besides this there are of course also other factors like the natural aging process that play an important role for the forming of lip wrinkles.

Vertical lip wrinkles

Vertical lip wrinkles appear as fine vertical lines on the lip itself running from one side of the mouth to the other. They can also appear as more pronounced lines on the upper lip reaching form the lips to the nose. Wrinkles on the upper lip may at the beginning be only dynamic, i.e. the solely form with the movement of the lips. 

But with increasing age and as the skin gets thinner and as the lips lose volume lips wrinkles get deeper and remain constantly visible.

Meso Threads are collagen-forming 100 % biodegradable Polydioxanon (PDO), Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) or Polycaprolactone (PCL) threads that dissolve by themselves completely after six to eight months of their insertion.

 When used for thread lifting Meso threads of different shape and strength are superficially – under selective anaesthesia and completely without surgery or scalpel.

Injection of hyaluron acid against lip wrinkles

Injections of body’s own hyaluronic acid as a filler leads to an upholstering and smoothened-up effect of the skin. Hyaluron promotes the forming of moisturising collagen. The skin regains a new and freshness, a new firmness and more volume. One possible drawback of the injection of hyaluronic acid against lip wrinkles consists in the fact that the treatment might be repeated throughout several sessions at intervals of some weeks especially with already deeper lip wrinkles. 

An overly high dose of hyaluronic acid can lead to a visible buckling formation as the skin around the lips is already thin. As for the side effects of the injection of hyaluronic acid temporary reddening, swellings and bruises on and around the treated areas can occur which normally subside after a short time. There can also appear possible allergenic effects when injecting hyaluronic acid. 

The resulting smoothen and upholstering effect is not a long-term effect as the body subsequently degrades the injected hyaluronic acid in the course of one to three years. Find more information on my page Hyaluron Filler . Injection of nerve toxin /neurotoxin against lip wrinkles The Injection of nerve toxin /neurotoxin (Botulinumtoxin treatment) against lip wrinkles aims to reduce the activity of the muscles around the mouth. Finally lip wrinkles form as a result of the pronounced activity of the facial muscles. 

By injecting Botulinumtoxin the forming of new wrinkles is inhibited as facial movements are reduced. The obtained results last for approx. three to six months. During this during of efficacy the natural facial expressions are at least restricted or even slightly impaired which can lead to an unnatural or even mask-like look. 

I am looking forward to consult you individually and in detail in my state-of-the-art equipped practice for plastic and aesthetic surgery in Munich about the pros and cons of the treatment of lip wrinkles with hyaluronic acid or Botulinumtoxin injections and about the opportunities a combination of both treatments offers.

With the deployment of chemical solutions the upper layer of the skin is removed. Skin’s texture and structure are refined and the upper skin layer regain its elasticity as fresh skin layers take the part of old and dead skin cells. A pleasant side effect is the stimulation of the production of moisturising endogenous collagen so that the skin can bind much more moisture leading to an upholstered volume and more elasticity of the skin around the lips. 

Chemical peelings are primarily suitable for upper lip wrinkles as the deeper the removed skin layers are the longer is the time it takes the skin to recover from this treatment. And this for its turn means that reddening, swellings and bruises around the treated areas are longer visible.