
Perioral Rejuvenation
The perioral area of your face is the area that surrounds your mouth. As we age, fine lines and wrinkles naturally occur in these areas. Environmental factors such as excessive sun exposure and smoking can also make the lines more prominent since smokers use certain muscles around their mouths than nonsmokers do not.
Essential Aesthetics offers a variety of treatments to help reduce the appearance of these lines.
What Are Perioral Lines and Wrinkles?
There are various types of lines and wrinkles that form around the mouth. These include:- Nasolabial Folds: Also known as smile or laugh lines, this area begins to deepen as we grow older due to the loss of elasticity of the skin.
- Marionette Lines: These lines begin at the corner of the lips and go down to the chin. The loss of fat as we age causes these lines to make our face look saggy and jowling along the jawline and neck.
- Lip Wrinkles: Also known as lipstick lines or smoker’s lines, these appear on the superficial layer of the lips and can become quite deep over time.
- Lip Corner Lines: These lines cause drooping in the corners of the lips, creating something known as “sad face”.