Do your mouth corners always seem to hang down a bit, even when you feel fine? This can make your appearance look more tired, older or grumpier than you actually are. Fortunately, there is a safe way to lift drooping mouth corners, without surgery and while retaining your natural facial expression. A subtle treatment with botulinum toxin ensures a fresh, youthful, and friendly appearance.
What are drooping mouth corners and why do they occur?
Drooping mouth corners often occur due to the natural aging process. The skin becomes slacker, and certain muscles in the face pull the mouth corners down. Some people naturally have a lower position of the mouth corners, which can make their facial expression look more serious or even a bit grumpy.
This change has nothing to do with your mood, but it can make you seem that way. Fortunately, you can correct this in a simple way with botulinum toxin.
How can botulinum toxin lift drooping mouth corners?
Botulinum toxin, a muscle relaxant, is injected directly into the muscles responsible for pulling the mouth corners down. By temporarily reducing this muscle tension, the opposing (lifting) muscles get more room. The result is a subtle lift of the mouth corners, which creates a more open and friendly appearance.
Drooping mouth corners: Botox or filler?
Whether botulinum toxin is the right choice depends on the cause of your drooping mouth corners. There are roughly two causes, and they require a different approach.
Sometimes the cause lies in an overactive small muscle, the depressor anguli oris, that pulls the mouth corner down. That is exactly where botulinum toxin works well: by relaxing that muscle, the lifting muscles get more room and the mouth corner moves up subtly. This works best for skin that is still reasonably resilient.
If the cause is mainly volume loss and sagging around the mouth, then the muscle is not the problem, but the lost volume. In that case, a A soft and friendly appearance. provides a better result, because it restores volume and softens the fold from the mouth corner to the jaw (the marionette line).
In practice, both causes often play a role together. In that case, a combination of botulinum toxin and filler gives the most beautiful result. During the free advice consultation, the doctor will assess what the cause is in your case and which approach suits it.
What does botulinum toxin do in this treatment?
- Reduces excessive muscle activity around the mouth corners
- Relaxes the muscles that pull the mouth corners down
- Ensures a subtle lift without a surgical procedure
- Softens any lines under the mouth
Benefits of botulinum toxin for drooping mouth corners
- Without surgery: no cutting, no scars
- Quick result: visible between day 3 and 7
- Short treatment: ±15 minutes
- No recovery time: continue with your day immediately
- Subtle, natural improvement of your facial expression
