Gummy Smiles
Achieve a balanced smile by reducing the amount of gum tissue exposed when you smile. Using muscle-relaxing injections, we can create a pleasing gum-to-lip and mouth ratio that enhances your smile.
Treatment summary
- Targets: Excess amount of gum tissue on show when you smile/creates a pleasing aesthetic balance between your gums, teeth and mouth.
- Method: Injectable treatment that relaxes muscle activity.
- Treatment duration: 20 minutes.
- Recovery: None (minor bruising and swelling lasting 1 – 14 days).
- Lasts for: 3 – 4 months.
Please be aware that a consultation is required prior to treatment. All consultations are £50. This is non-refundable and non-transferable. If you book your treatment within 4 weeks, this payment is deductible from your treatment.
What is a gummy smile?
A gummy smile is when your gum-to-tooth ratio is out of balance when you smile. Individuals with a gummy smile will show excess gum, and their teeth may appear short as a result. A gummy smile can be caused by overactive upper lip muscles and genetics.
What can you expect from the gummy smile treatment?
- A full consultation to discuss your treatment goals and assess your suitability for treatment.
- Treatment planning is used to assess the appearance of your gum line, lip line tooth alignment, and the condition of your gums.
- Administer the injections (a topical numbing cream is applied to numb the treatment sites). The injections are administered in the optimal locations across the upper lip.
FAQs
How does the gummy smile treatment work?
A gummy smile can be treated using muscle-relaxing injections. The injections target the muscles responsible for the excessive lifting of the upper lip. Once the injections have temporarily blocked the signals between the nerve and upper lip muscles, the upper lip lowers. As a result, covering the excess gum on show when you smile.
How will the gummy smile treatment benefit you?
- Non-surgical procedure for gummy smiles.
- Creates a more balanced and natural-looking smile.
- Results in a pleasing gum-to-tooth and gum-to-lip ratio.
- Quick procedures.
- Enhances the whole face.
Why choose Dollface Cosmetics for a gummy smile treatment?
We take meeting our client’s expectations extremely seriously, working hard to produce a natural-looking result that they can enjoy every single day when they look in the mirror.
Our team have over 10 years of experience, and we have a dedicated nurse as part of the full-time team.
We only ever use highly respected brands in the non-surgical aesthetics world, which have been clinically tested and approved for many years.
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