Can I Get An Improved Corner of the Mouth Lift By More Surgery?

Q: Dr. Eppley ,Hi, I had lip lift and corner lip lift 1 year apart. Corner lip lift was done last fall. The extreme corners are downwards and makes me look sad. Is there a solution?

A:You just didn’t get enough lift from the lateral vermilion advancements/corner lifts. That needs to be repeated with a greater lateral arc to the lateral vermilion excision. You got enough initially out of it so that the upper lip vermilion show was balanced with the subnasal lip lift  from one mouth corner to the other. It just needs more excision/lift.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon