Cam Mouth Widening Surgery Increase Its Width from 4cms to 5cms?

Q: Dr. Eppley, i would want to know a bit more about mouth widening surgery, i have a pretty narrow mouth (4cm) and want to change it to about 5-5.2 cm , can you please tell me about the scarring, how bad it is and does it really never go away, and are the results permanent, i’m 18 , i wonder if my age will help healing. Please help me , cause im really scared to end up with permanent big scars , my lips are also a bit down turned.

A:To have an acceptable scarring in mouth widening surgery it is best to keep the amount of widening per side in the 5 to 7 mm range. That would be consistent with your stated goal of changing your mouth with distance from four to 5 cm. In general adverse scarring from mouth widening surgery is not common but always possible in the very sensitive junction of the vermilion and skin at the mobile mouth corners. Mouth widening scars seem to do better in n ales due to their beard skin than females in my experience. Thus it is best to go into surgery with the understanding that scar revisions may be likely and hope that they are not needed. This is consistent with a general overall approach in aesthetic surgery as to ‘prepare for the worst and hope for the best’ .

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon