Gummy Smile Treatment in Mankato, MN

It is almost never about your gums. In most cases the muscles that lift the upper lip are simply stronger or shorter than average, so when you smile the lip travels further up than it needs to and exposes the gum line above your teeth. It is a muscle behaviour, which is exactly why a neuromodulator can change it.

A very small number of units is placed into the specific muscles responsible for that lift. They relax slightly, the upper lip stops travelling quite so far, and more of your teeth show instead. Your smile still moves and still looks like yours.

• Less gum on a full smile The upper lip settles a few millimetres lower at its highest point.
• Your smile still works This is a subtle reduction in how far one muscle travels, not a freezing of your expression.
• It pairs naturally with a lip flip Both work on the upper lip, and together they can be more effective than either alone.
• It is reversible by doing nothing The effect wears off. If you decide it is not for you, it simply fades.

Mandy starts by watching you smile, properly and repeatedly, because the placement depends entirely on which muscles are doing the lifting and how hard. She maps it, explains what she is doing and why, then places the units. The injecting takes under a minute. Most people go straight back to their day.

This treatment is for people who are self-conscious about something most others have never consciously noticed. It is a small thing that quietly changes how comfortable you are being photographed.

• You hide your smile in photos Closed-mouth smiling in pictures is the most common reason people finally ask about this.
• Gum shows above your teeth when you smile fully Particularly if it is more pronounced on one side than the other.
• You have been told it is a dental problem Sometimes it is. Often it is muscle. Mandy will tell you honestly if she thinks you need a dentist rather than an injector.
• You want to try something low commitment At $60 and a few months of effect, this is an easy thing to trial.

Typically around three months, sometimes less, because these are small, active muscles. Many clients simply fold it into the same visit as their forehead or crow's feet treatment so it is one appointment rather than two.