Lipstick bleeding into fine lines above the lip is usually the first sign. Wrinkles around the mouth bother women more than most, because they show in every conversation and every photo, and they're hard to hide with makeup. In fact, makeup often makes them more noticeable.
Why do wrinkles form around the mouth?
- The ring muscle of the mouth works all the time: talking, eating, drinking through a straw, facial expressions
- The skin around the mouth is thin and has no fatty tissue to support it
- Collagen loss after 40 and especially in menopause, when falling oestrogen speeds up skin thinning
- Smoking, both because of hundreds of lip purses a day and because nicotine breaks down collagen
- Sun, which hits this area directly, and we rarely reapply SPF there
Vertical lines, “barcode” wrinkles and drooping corners
Several kinds of wrinkles appear around the mouth: fine vertical lines above the upper lip, deeper “marionette lines” from the corners of the mouth towards the chin, and a general drooping of the corners that gives the face a stern look. Each has the same root: the skin has lost its support.
What helps and what doesn't?
Retinol creams can slow things down, but they have limited effect on established wrinkles. Fillers fill the lines, but around the mouth they need great precision because an unnatural result happens easily. We wrote about this comparison in the article fillers or natural treatments.
INDIBA takes a third route: it prompts the skin to rebuild the collagen it has lost. Over a series of treatments the skin around the mouth gets thicker and firmer, the lines smooth out, and the result looks natural because it is your own skin, just renewed. No needles and no risk of a “puffy” look.
How to prevent new wrinkles?
SPF na područje oko usana svaki dan, prestanak pušenja ako pušite, manje pijenja na slamku i dosljedna hidratacija. A za postojeće bore, dođite na besplatne konzultacije u Zagrebu, Splitu ili Zadru da procijenimo dubinu bora i realan broj tretmana. Cijene potražite here.
