Smoker’s Lines Around the Mouth Treatment in Surat

Smoker’s lines, also called perioral or barcode lines, are the fine vertical creases above the upper lip. They are treated with very small doses of Botox to relax the lip muscle, with hyaluronic acid filler or skin boosters to rebuild the skin, or with a combination. At Elegance Clinic in Surat treatment takes 15 to 20 minutes with minimal downtime.

What Causes Lines Around the Mouth?

The orbicularis oris is a circular muscle that surrounds the mouth. Every time you purse your lips, sip through a straw, whistle or smoke, it contracts and pulls the skin above the lip into vertical folds. The skin there is thin and has very few oil glands, so it thins and creases earlier than the rest of the face.

Smoking is a well known accelerator, both from the repeated pursing and from the effect of tobacco on collagen, but you do not have to be a smoker to get these lines. Sun exposure, genetics, loss of dental support and the natural decline of collagen after the mid thirties all contribute. Many patients who have never smoked develop them.

How These Lines Are Treated

Micro dose Botox. One to two units are placed at several points just above the lip border to soften the muscle’s pull without weakening the lip. The dose is deliberately tiny, because too much affects speech, drinking from a cup and the shape of the smile. This is the single most technique dependent area on the face.

Dermal filler. A very soft hyaluronic acid filler is placed into the individual lines or along the vermillion border to restore the lost structure. This treats the crease itself rather than the muscle that made it.

Skin boosters. Injectable hyaluronic acid that is not a volumising filler but a hydrator, placed in small droplets across the upper lip area to improve skin quality and elasticity over a course of two or three sessions.

Most patients get the best outcome from a combination, with Botox to reduce the folding and filler or boosters to repair the skin.

The Treatment, Step by Step

1. Assessment of the lines at rest and while pursing, plus the volume and shape of the lip itself.
2. A plan agreed with you, including whether Botox, filler, boosters or a combination is used.
3. Strong numbing cream, as this is a sensitive area.
4. Injection with a very fine needle or a cannula, taking 15 to 20 minutes.
5. Review at two weeks once swelling has settled.

Results, Downtime and How Long It Lasts

Expect some swelling and a good chance of small bruises around the mouth, since this area bruises more readily than most. Swelling settles in 24 to 72 hours and bruising within a week. Plan around any social event.

Micro dose Botox lasts about 2 to 3 months here, shorter than other areas because the dose is so small. Filler in this area lasts 6 to 12 months. Skin boosters are given as a course and then maintained every 6 to 9 months.

For 48 hours avoid strenuous exercise, saunas, alcohol and very hot drinks.

Risks and Who Should Not Have It

Over treating the lip muscle with Botox causes temporary difficulty with straws, whistling and clear pronunciation of some sounds. It is avoidable with correct dosing and it resolves on its own. Filler in the upper lip area needs careful technique because of the vessels present, and hyaluronidase is kept in the clinic to reverse a hyaluronic acid problem quickly.

Treatment is postponed if you have an active cold sore, and avoided in pregnancy and breastfeeding, active infection, certain neuromuscular disorders and known allergy to a component of the product.

Cost of Treating Lines Around the Mouth in Surat

Cost depends on which combination of Botox, filler and skin boosters your skin needs. A price is quoted after your face to face assessment, before anything is injected, and EMI options are available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Botox alone remove smoker’s lines?

It softens them by reducing the pursing action, but a line already etched into thin skin usually also needs filler or skin boosters to fill and rebuild it.

Will my speech be affected?

Not at the correct micro dose. Too much Botox in this muscle can temporarily affect drinking through a straw and some sounds, which is why the dose is kept very small.

I have never smoked. Why do I have these lines?

Because they are caused by repeated lip movement, thin skin and collagen loss. Smoking accelerates them but is not required to cause them.

How much bruising should I expect?

The area around the mouth bruises easily. Small bruises are common and settle within a week. Avoid blood thinners where medically possible and tell us what you take.

Can this be combined with lip filler?

Yes, and it often is. Restoring lip volume supports the skin above it. See lip augmentation.

How long do results around the mouth last?

It depends on what is used. Micro dose Botox lasts about 2 to 3 months here, shorter than other areas because the dose is so small. Filler in this area lasts 6 to 12 months. Skin boosters are given as a course and then maintained every 6 to 9 months.

Who should not have treatment for lines around the mouth?

Treatment is postponed if you have an active cold sore, since injection can trigger a flare, and it is avoided in pregnancy and breastfeeding, with active skin infection at the site, in certain neuromuscular disorders, and where there is a known allergy to a component of the product. Filler in the upper lip area needs careful technique because of the vessels present, and Elegance Clinic keeps hyaluronidase on site to reverse a hyaluronic acid problem quickly.

How much does treatment for lines around the mouth cost in Surat?

Cost depends on which combination of Botox, filler and skin boosters your skin needs. Elegance Clinic quotes a price after your face to face assessment, before anything is injected, and EMI options are available.

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Treatment for smoker’s lines at Elegance Clinic is performed by Dr. Ashutosh Shah, M.B.B.S., M.S., M.Ch., D.N.B., a board certified plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon with over 22 years of surgical experience, at our Adajan clinic in Surat. It is often combined with marionette line and top lip line treatment. Book an appointment or browse all Botox treatments in Surat.