Botox can smooth away wrinkles and give you the skin you’ve always wanted. Botox can reduce fine lines and wrinkles anywhere on your face. Did you know Botox can also smooth wrinkles around your mouth and even give you a plumper lip?
## What Does Botox Do?
Botox injections contain botulinum toxin. This toxin blocks signals from the brain to relax your muscles. When the botulinum toxin settles into a muscle, that muscle won’t move or cause wrinkles on the skin. 
## Botox Around Your Lips
As you age, you may start to notice wrinkles around your mouth or lips. These wrinkles form over time as you laugh, smile, frown, and make facial expressions. Wrinkles are a natural part of aging, but you may want to reduce these fine lines and enjoy smoother skin.

Injecting Botox around the mouth or lips can:
Minimize marionette lines, the lines that run from the corners of your mouth down towards your chin.
Smooth away smoker’s lines, the vertical lines that can appear above your upper lip or on your chin.
Raise the corners of your mouth.
## A Botox Lip Flip
You can also inject Botox into the muscle in your upper lip. This is called a Botox lip flip. When the muscle in your upper lip relaxes, your lip can relax outwards. Some of your lip that’s usually inside your mouth becomes more visible. If you have a “gummy” smile, Botox can relax your upper lip and cover more of your gums.

A Botox lip flip can:
Give you a plumper upper lip.
Correct a gummy smile, reducing how much of your gums you see when you smile.
## What To Expect During Botox Treatment
Are you ready to try Botox around your lips? A Botox treatment only takes a few minutes. During the appointment, your skilled healthcare professional will inject a small dose of Botox into several different locations around or on your lips. This can cause some discomfort, and you may have some redness or swelling at the injection site.

Botox is not a surgical procedure and there’s no recovery time! You may want to avoid booking a photo shoot immediately after your appointment, but otherwise you can go back to your regular day immediately. 
## How to Add Volume to Your Lips
Botox doesn’t actually add volume to your lip. If you get a lip flip, your upper lip relaxes and curls upwards. This gives the elusion of a fuller, plumper lip. However, if you want to add volume to your lips, you may want to consider dermal fillers. Fillers add volume to your face. This hyaluronic acid can plump up your lip and add extra volume to your lips. 
## Learn More About Botox for Your Lips
Are you considering Botox for a plumper lip? Talk to one of our doctors and discuss your desired results. They’ll help you decide if Botox is the right option for you. If you’re ready to get a Botox lip flip, book an at-home Botox appointment today!

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