Am I A Good Candidate For Mouth Widening Surgery?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am inquiring to see if I would be a candidate for mouth widening surgery as I have a very small mouth.

A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your picture. Your mouth appears small in width for two reasons; 1) it actually is a bit small in width BUT 2) that is magnified by the complete lack of lateral vermilion height in the upper lip from the cupids bow out to the true mouth corner. As a result the actual mouth with is not truly being shown. The appropriate procedure for improvement is lateral upper vermilion advancements to have they visible lip actually extend out to the mouth corner and smaller lateral Vermilion advancements of the lower level next to the mouth corner so more of its actual with can be seen. This will make the mouth look wider even though actually the math corner has never been moved. This is illustrated in the attached imaging. You cannot do these procedures simultaneously with the true mouth widening as that would create adverse scarring around the mouth corners. But I think this provides a significant improvement that True mouth widening is not really needed.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon