A 39-year-old member asked:
does sebaceous hyperplasia on upper lips go away?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

Dr. Danielle DeHoratius answered
Dermatology 19 years experience
No: They will usually not go away on their own, occasionally dermatologist can try some cosmetic things to reduce the lesions.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Can dentists fix cleft lips?
5 doctor answers • 19 doctors weighed in

Dr. Robert Kwok answered
Pediatrics 33 years experience
No: Cleft lips and cleft palates are surgically corrected by a cranio-facial reconstruction team that includes oral surgeons, plastic surgeons, ear-nose-throat surgeons, etc... Later, dentists and orthodontists straighten the teeth and add teeth implants if needed.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Does smoking cause wrinkly lips?
3 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in

Dr. Karen Han answered
Dermatology 23 years experience
Yes: Yes, smoking not only cause wrinkles around your mouth, it causes wrinkles elsewhere on your face.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
What treatments exist for wrinkly lips?
6 doctor answers • 14 doctors weighed in

Dr. Karen Han answered
Dermatology 23 years experience
Botox,fillers,laser: Depending on how deep your wrinkles are, lines around the lip can be treated with a combination of Botox (reducing pursing motion of the lips), fillers (injections into the deeper lines), and laser resurfacing to address the fine lines.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
How does smoking affect your lips?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

Dr. Daniel Behroozan answered
Dermatology 21 years experience
Badly: Smoking affects "lip lines" in two ways:
1. The repetitive movement around the lips as a result of puckering repetitvely can lead to vertical lines around the mouth.
2. More importantly, smoking can lead to elastic fiber and collagen degeneration in the skin, which as a result, can lead to sagging and wrinkling of the perioral skin.
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Dr. Ally-Khan Somani commented
Dermatology 19 years experience
Recent studies have reported an increase in non-melanoma skin cancers in people who smoke!
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A 38-year-old member asked:
I have white bump on my inner lips. What is it and will it go away by itself?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

Dr. Morris Westfried answered
Dermatology 46 years experience
Mucous cyst: This can represent cyst from gland in lip. It may be result of trauma from tooth. It will not go away but it can temporarily shrink with the use of a wet tea bag on the inner lip.This ma require mior surgical procedure.
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