“Treating a gummy smile with Botox takes very small doses placed precisely in the muscles that lift your upper lip. Accurate placement is what keeps your smile even and natural, which is why only our experienced injectors perform this treatment.”
Reducing the appearance of wrinkles that form around the mouth is not the only way Botox can improve a person’s smile. The botulinum toxin can also be used to reduce the appearance of a “gummy smile,” medically known as excessive gingival, a genetic condition manifested by a short upper lip, small teeth, or excessive gum tissue. According to a NYC Botox specialists, featured in a New York Times article, at least 7% of men and 14% of women have “gummy smiles.”
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Treatable Areas with Neurotoxin:
✓ Forehead (Frontalis)
✓ 11’s (Glabella)
✓ Crows Feet (Orbicularis oculi)
✓ Lip Flip (Orbicularis oris)
✓ Gummy Smile (LLSAN)
✓ Masseters
✓ Bunny Lines (Nasalis)
✓ JChin Dimpling (Mentalis)
✓ Perioral/Marionettes (DAO)
✓ Tech Neck, Neck Bands (Platysmal Bands)
✓ Shoulder Slimming (Trapezius Muscle)
✓ Underarm Sweating (Hyperhydrosis)
Botox and Dysport are forms of botulinum toxin. When BOTOX specialist inject Botulinum toxin in cosmetic treatments it can effectively diminish signs of aging by relaxing facial expression muscles, especially those around the eyes and brow that are notorious for developing dynamic wrinkles such as crow’s feet, smile lines, or forehead wrinkles. Botulinum toxin relaxes these muscles by temporarily blocking the nerve impulses that direct muscles to contract (the muscle activity that causes lines to form between the brows and forehead.)
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Botox effectively treats “gummy smiles” by reducing excessive lip elevation. During the Botox procedure, the toxin is injected directly into the “elevator” muscle of the upper lip, which weakens the muscle’s ability to contract, or raise up too high, when smiling, thus preventing the over exposure of gum line.
Using Botox to reduce a gummy smile lasts about 4 to 6 months.
Prior to the discovery of Botox’s applicability as an oral remedy for gummy smiles, excessive gingival could only be corrected through invasive oral surgeries. Surgical options included a procedure which severed the upper lip from the muscle used to elevate it, a procedure that lengthened the teeth by cutting away excess gum tissue, and in extreme cases, a procedure that repositioned the upper jaw. These procedures were notorious for being painful and expensive (i.e. $15,000).
Obviously Botox, consisting of non-invasive injections which are clinically proven to be safe and effective for treating gummy smiles, became the popular treatment of choice in lieu of these invasive oral surgeries.
“Treating a gummy smile with Botox takes very small doses placed precisely in the muscles that lift your upper lip. Accurate placement is what keeps your smile even and natural, which is why only our experienced injectors perform this treatment.”
“This is one of my favorite treatments because it's so subtle and so effective. A few units relax the muscle that lifts your upper lip, and most clients suddenly feel completely comfortable smiling in photos again, without holding anything back.”
“Many people don't realize a gummy smile can be softened without surgery. With a small amount of Botox, your lip lifts a little less, showing more teeth and less gum, and most clients enjoy results for about three to four months.”
