Our face show our every emotion through our expressions. It is the first thing that people see when they notice us. As we age and we develop wrinkles we can begin to be self conscious about our appearance. Lip wrinkles are some of the most devastating because they can be some of the most severe. This is because the lip area is one of the first places on a women’s face to loses its firmness and the muscles around the lips are the most often used. We have to use are lips to talk, eat, drink and kiss plus for all the facial expressions to convey our emotions.

Wrinkles can form when the skin around the lips begins to sag because of age. As we age our skin changes its shape The more adipose tissue we get the more likely we are to get wrinkles. Also the skin on our face come in contact with more toxins and the elements that will harm it such as smoke and the sun or extreme cold. It is best to tackle lip wrinkles as soon as you see that there is a problem or even before. Once they are visible to the naked eye they can be very stubborn and hard to get rid of. In most cases treatments can only reduce the wrinkle not completely get rid of them.

One treatment option is laser therapy which can drastically improve the visibility of wrinkles on the upper lip. The treatment works by stimulating the skin to make more new collagen as well as coetaneous tissue. This will make the skin appear younger with a smooth and firm appearance. There are two major laser treatment types out there. The ultra pulsed carbon dioxide laster treatment, also known as first generation, help with the less sever surface wrinkles. The erbium’s YAG laser treatment, or second generation, goes deeper to help more sever wrinkles. The side effects of both are the same, red skin and potential for a few brown spots but are not severe.

There are also medications that can be injected in the skin and muscles around the lips to reduce wrinkles. There are two types of injections, slow and rapid. Rapid absorption treatment uses hyaluronic acid, something found naturally in the body, is injected into the skin or a thirty to forty minute time frame. It is absorbed quickly and can show results with in minutes. The slow absorption method things like Botox are used which are directly injected into the muscle to paralyze it so the you can no longer make the repetitive motions that cause wrinkles. Both of these treatments have a few side effects if done properly but they have to be done over and over on a regular basis to keep up their effects.

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