You can't permanently get rid of lip lines. But some treatments can reduce or temporarily improve lip wrinkles. These cosmetic procedures don't require any incisions: Botulinum toxin (Botox®) injections.
While wrinkles from smoking cannot be reversed, non-surgical treatments such as anti-wrinkle injections, dermal fillers, laser resurfacing, dermabrasion, microneedling, and platelet-rich plasma therapy can help reduce their appearance.
While wrinkles that have developed may not disappear entirely, you will see an improvement in bad skin after quitting smoking after a short amount of time. In fact, your skin will begin to improve after a matter of days as collagen and elastin renew themselves.
Repetitive daily facial movements, such as talking, eating, smiling, pouting and frowning, significantly contribute to the presence of lines above your lips. Over time, these expressions can deepen lines when you contract the muscle surrounding the mouth (Orbicularis oris).
Both upper and lower lip lines can be effectively treated. Botox is a simple office procedure taking about 10 minutes with minimal pain and downtime. Botox takes about 5 days to work and lasts up to 4 months in this area.
Even if you've never had a cigarette you can still develop a smoker's line. Formation of lines around your mouth happens in the same way as it does around your forehead or eyes, mainly caused due to muscle movement. The reason could be anything from smoking and ageing to UV rays and a poor diet.
Smoker lines can be treated by using precise administration of Botox®* injections into the fine dynamic facial muscles around the mouth. These anti-wrinkle injections can be used to prevent lines from developing/deepening, or to soften existing lines.
Smoker's lines appear as little vertical lines above the upper lip and are also known as 'barcode' lines because they run vertically downwards into the top lip. They develop around the mouth because of the frequent puckering of the lips caused by repetitive pouting action as a result of talking, pouting and smoking.
Dermal fillers offer the most effective non-surgical method for treating smokers' lines and it usually only requires a very small volume of the product injected into precise locations along the vermilion border (lip line) to correct the appearance of smokers' lines.
For these fine lines, the best dermal filler is Restylane. Restylane is a biodegradable gel that adds volume to the skin through small injections. The injections work to smooth facial folds and wrinkles, making it the perfect dermal filler to use for lines above the lips.
What is the best filler for vertical lip lines? The two best dermal fillers for the lips are Restylane Kysse and Juvederm Volbella. Restylane Kysse was FDA approved in 2020 for use in the United States on the lips to improve lip texture and volume, and to treat lipstick lines.
The best results for lip lines will be with the use of retinol or one of its more powerful cousins like tretinoin (Retin-A). This puts the skin into overdrive and increases thickness and skin quality, and it plays well with the other modalities we discuss in this post.
They also might not be suitable treatments for sensitive or aging skin. Some at-home lip plumping treatments are available, but these only treat the surface and are minimally effective. Instead, we recommend lip fillers, also called dermal fillers, as the best treatment to eliminate smoker's lines.
Filler is great for people who have experienced a loss in volume over time or for those simply born with thinner lips. Concerns such as vertical lines around the corners of the mouth or towards the inside of the lips are better treated initially by Botox as these are a “dynamic” issue caused by muscle movement.
Most patients notice the effects within a few days of treatment, with full results in about one week. The effects of Botox for lips lasts up to three to four months.
As we age, the skin between the nose and the red part of the upper lip, the vermillion, lengthens. This results in the upper lip actually getting longer and thinner, turning downward and thus inward. Also, as the lip lengthens and becomes thinner, fine “whistle or pucker” lines begin to appear.
To get rid of the discoloration in your mouth, The American Academy of Oral Medicine says there is no treatment for this condition – but if you quit smoking, your tissue will likely return to its normal color within 36 months.
3 months. At the three-month point, plenty is happening in your body. Your lungs' natural cleaning system (involving little hair-like cells called cilia) is recovering and getting better at removing mucus, tar and dust from your lungs. This means coughing should improve and you are likely to be wheezing less.
Week 3 After Quitting Smoking
At three weeks, you've likely gotten through the shock of physical withdrawal. Now you're beginning to tackle the mental side of nicotine addiction, or psychological withdrawal. 2 This turn of events often triggers cravings to smoke that can feel like you're back at square one.