Gummy Smile Treatment
A small, precise treatment for anyone who has spent years smiling with their mouth closed because too much gum shows.
Smiling Without Thinking About It
A gummy smile happens when the muscles that lift your upper lip pull it higher than most, exposing more gum above the teeth. It is entirely normal and it bothers some people enormously.
The treatment eases those small lifting muscles so the lip does not travel quite as far. Your smile stays yours, it simply stops going quite so high.
Easing the Muscles That Lift
A very small amount of wrinkle relaxer is placed in the specific muscles responsible for raising the upper lip. Those muscles then pull with slightly less force.
The precision matters more here than almost anywhere else on the face. A millimetre or two of placement, and a very small difference in dose, is the whole treatment.
When Something Else Is the Answer
This treatment addresses a muscular cause. If the reason is the length of your teeth or the position of your gum line, then it is a dental question and we will say so honestly.
It is often combined with a lip flip, since both involve the same small area. Both sit within our wider range of injectable treatments.
Why Patients Choose This Treatment
For something so small, patients describe this one as making a disproportionate difference to how they feel.
What This Appointment Involves
Short, precise and entirely explained beforehand.
We Watch You Smile
How far your lip travels and which muscles are doing it decides everything.
We Check the Cause
If the reason is dental rather than muscular, you will be told that honestly.
We Agree the Plan
Placement and amount explained, and confirmed by you before we start.
The Treatment
A very small amount placed in a few precise points. It takes minutes.
We Review the Result
A follow-up two weeks later shows how it settled and guides the next visit.
Why Choose Summerlin Med Spa
The Same Hands Every Time
Your treatment is planned and placed by Nurse Nikki Long at every appointment.
Fifteen Years in Nursing
Nine of them on aesthetics in Las Vegas, with a deep grounding in anatomy.
Precision Over Volume
This treatment is about exact placement, not about how much is used.
Honest About the Cause
If the answer is a dentist rather than an injector, you will hear that.
Conservative First Time
We start small, because too much here changes how you smile.
Easy to Reach in Summerlin
Convenient for Summerlin, Las Vegas, Henderson and the surrounding communities.
Gummy Smile Treatment FAQ
Your smile keeps its shape. What changes is how far your upper lip lifts, so less gum shows. Most patients describe it as looking like themselves on a good day.
Usually around three months. Because such a small amount is used, it tends to be on the shorter end compared with other relaxer treatments.
It is a small number of very small injections in a sensitive area, so most people feel it briefly. It is over in a couple of minutes and numbing is available.
Then this will not fix it and we will tell you that at your consultation. Not every gummy smile is muscular, and treating the wrong cause helps nobody.
Yes, and it very often is. Both treatments involve the same small area and many patients have them together in one appointment.
Schedule Your Gummy Smile Consultation
If you have spent years managing how widely you smile in photographs, this is a small treatment that patients consistently describe as worth far more than its size.
Contact us today to schedule your consultation. We proudly serve patients throughout Summerlin, Las Vegas, Henderson and the greater Las Vegas metro area.
Book your appointment with Nurse Nikki Long and discover why so many patients trust Summerlin Med Spa for their smile treatments!
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