Around the Mouth Surgery - Northern Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC

The board certified plastic surgeons at the Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery, serving Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC, are specialists in refining and restoring the area around the mouth.

If you are concerned about the effects of the aging process and damage from overexposure to the sun on the area around the mouth. It is certainly no secret that as we age we begin to see our lips thin and lose the voluptuous volume they once had. Lines and creases begin to appear around the mouth especially at the corners from years of smiling, laughing and an occasional frown.

Dr. George Weston, Dr. Robert Sigal and Dr. Byron Poindexter from the Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery in Reston, Virginia have all pioneered many new and innovative techniques for addressing those small lines and wrinkles in and around the mouth. Using smaller incisions that can be cosmetically hidden at the corners of the mouth, our surgeons are able to smooth out and fill most problem areas. Combined with other facial rejuvenation and refinement options, such as eyelid surgery, a chin or cheek implant, Fraxel™ Laser treatments, cosmetic fillers and BOTOX® Cosmetic, your face and the area around your mouth can be restored to a youthful more natural appearance.

Around the Mouth, Laugh Lines and Lip Lift Surgery

As you age, three key areas change around your mouth, which facelift surgery does not address.

1. Distance between your upper lip and nose increases
2. Upper lip thins out
3. Corners of your mouth turn down

The doctors at North Virginia's plastic surgery center can address each of these areas of improvement with the latest techniques and may recommend a combination of surgery and skin care during your consultation.

Lip Lift Procedures (Perioral)

Around the mouth surgery can be a combination of several procedures that are often done together to achieve maximum results. A Lip Lift is done to lift the central component of upper lips. A Corner Mouth Lift lifts the corners of your mouth area to smooth the area around your mouth. These two procedures are often done together.

Other procedures may include adding fullness to your lips and filling in the lines around the mouth. This is done with either a fat transfer or filler such as Juvederm, or Resurfacing of Perioral (lips). Skin resurfacing using Laser or other techniques may be recommended for long term improvement of wrinkles or lines around the lips and mouth. Your doctor may possibly recommend doing both the resurfacing and filler/fat transfer together.

Mouth and Lip Lift Surgery Recovery

As with most facial rejuvenation procedures, recovery for Lip Lift and Around the Mouth surgery includes swelling and possible bruising. Most patients recover in about two weeks. Patients will come back to the office the next day following their mouth or lip surgery and then again at about a week.

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If you are in Virginia, Maryland or DC, contact The Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery at 703-893-6168 to schedule your complimentary plastic surgery consultation and to learn more about the many surgical and non-surgical around the mouth options available to help you look and feel your best. See the dramatic around the mouth surgery results of Dr. George Weston, Dr. Robert Sigal, and Dr. Byron Poindexter in other facial procedures.