Loss of skin elasticity from nicotine and other carcinogens contained in cigarettes, along with constant suction motions cause the lips to thin and appear wrinkly.
You don’t have to put up with the appearance of smoker’s lines on your lips. Talk to our medically led team to find out what our non-surgical interventions can do for you.
Smoker’s lines, also known as lip wrinkles, are tiny vertical lines that etch on the lips and may extend upward towards the nose. These notoriously difficult to conceal lines are often first noticed when lipstick starts to ‘bleed’ out of the vermilion border (the sharp boundary between the lip and the adjacent normal skin.) If not tackled in time, they can form deeply ingrained wrinkles and negatively impact someone’s overall facial appearance.
Ageing is one of the leading causes of smoker’s lines. As we age, our skin produces less collagen and, as a result, becomes thinner and less elastic. Given that the skin on the lips is particularly prone to dryness, it’s even more likely to develop fine lines.
Smoking is another major contributing factor to the formation of lip wrinkles. For one, the free radicals produced when someone smokes result in premature ageing of the skin. On top of that, the repeated pursing of the lips to draw from a cigarette causes fine lines that can develop into deeper wrinkles over time.
Other potential causes of smoker’s lines include overexposure to sunlight and constant puckering of lips. This means even if you never smoked in your life, you can still get smoker’s lines from constantly sipping through a straw, whistling a tune, pursing your lips in frustration, or even overdoing it on those duck-face selfies. Smoker’s Lines are better known as Barcode lines, not everyone who develops these lines have a history of smoking!
If not tackled in time, smoker’s lines can form deeply ingrained wrinkles. Therefore the recommended approach is that you start seeking solutions when you first notice these lines forming. Potential treatment courses include dermal filler injections, laser treatments, home-based skincare regimes, or avoid pursing your lips completely—the last might not be very practical.
If you want to remove those smoker’s lines, just get in touch with us today. We offer a range of treatments to help remedy this problem and other signs of facial ageing. Our highly qualified and experienced staff will provide you with custom-tailored solutions — so that your investment in better-looking lips and skin really pays off.
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