title: Lip service for the stiff upper lip.
abstract: Lip augmentation procedures can restore volume and shape to the aging, thin upper lip, but some patients may develop problematic lip tightness. This stiff upper lip is manifested by a restricted smile and an adynamic central upper lip. We have had success in treating postreconstruction and postaugmentation stiff upper lip with a therapeutic device and treatment regimen. This therapy alleviated tightness and inability to smile. Also, the change in lip commissure-to-commissure distance in repose and when smiling improved after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York University Medical Center, NY, USA. zideb01@popmail.med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Zide
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Longaker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods