Cotton Roll Lip Hold - Lip exercises

[@soilairwater]

Hi Dr! Amazing information ypu have generously shared in your video. Am feeling so so grateful, just using the cotton in my upper lip made my gummy smile normal again and mentalis strain regulate. Made me so happy to see my beautiful amile back I could cry. Braces fucked up my muscles big time and changed my lower face entirely.

[@soilairwater]

Would also love to book consultation not sure which one to select from your site options. It would be zoom as I reside in India.

[@allsleepashley]

@@soilairwater Wonderful to hear you've had good results with this exercise. If you simply want to talk through your case for guidance, please schedule a consultation. If you'd like specific movement recommendations based on your case, please schedule a wellness assessment. The first is 30 min, the second is 60 min.

[@isntitobviousduhh]

is there something else that can be used instead of these cotton rolls?

[@amalhelu1776]

Thank you for your valuable video. So during the day we can focus on closing the mouth and sealing the lips, but how can we do it while we are sleep. How to manage breathing from nose. Thank you

[@sci-1-trishaghosh731]

Thank you so much ma'am🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@waleedalkhusaibi8034]

Would repeating the exercise more than once a day speed up the process? How long this should be done for?

[@SaanaaAhmed]

Hello! I'm seeking advice on how to strengthen my upper lip. Currently, my mentalis muscle is overactive, causing a chin dimple to form when I close my lips. Furthermore, my lower lip is slightly flipped outward. When I use a cotton roll to exercise my upper lip and attempt to close my mouth, I notice increased activity in my mentalis muscle, resulting in deeper chin dimples. However, I'm confused about how this exercise will effectively target and strengthen my upper lip, as it seems to be primarily engaging my mentalis muscle. Can you please clarify the intended mechanism and benefits of this exercise for upper lip strength

[@tanjibrubyat8665]

I love the technique. My philtrum is very short. Will this thing make my philtrum longer over time ?

[@allsleepashley]

It has the potential to allow the philtrum to rest in a more lengthened position. I have seen this do wonders for most patients. There are a few patients this does not seem to help. It depends on several factors: skeletal growth, soft tissue elasticity, consistency with the exercise, soft tissue limitations (lip tie), etc. It's certainly worth trying as it is cheap and non-invasive.

[@modestferala1488]

@@allsleepashley i have a long philtrum & i’m afraid this will make it even longer! What’s your opinion?

[@allsleepashley]

@@modestferala1488 I may make it longer. Are you able to easily seal your lips? This exercise may be unnecessary for you.

[@fadlilahnurrohmah6483]

what's the benefit of lip hold exercise?

[@emacwakeup]

I can't close my lips gently normally so how would I be able to do it with the cotton l? It's really difficult.

[@PhucHoang-ov1pj]

Can it help me reduce my lip size, dr sommers

[@sukkatdavid3365]

Is this useful for wrinkled chin? How does this work? What is the explanation behind it please?

[@allsleepashley]

This exercise has the potential to decrease wrinkling in the chin. It promotes a more lengthened resting position of the lips. Closing the lips from a more lengthened starting position will decrease the amount of counter strain placed on the mentalis as the lower lip elevates. This is certainly worth trying. In some cases, a longer lower face skeletal structure is difficult to overcome with exercises.. but it is almost always worth trying exercises like this before resorting to more high-risk and expensive interventions.

[@araviteja1999]

Can i see any results if the use a cotton roll with my lips sealed with tape throughout the night?

[@ibtisamsiad1927]

My dimples in my chin are very bad. I am trying this exercise but it looks like my dimples are worse during this exercise. However, whenever I put my tong on top whiles closing my mouth without doing the exercise, the dimples are gone. Can you please help me. I dont have myofunctional therapy in the country where I live

[@allsleepashley]

It may be worth skipping this exercise and working more on resting your tongue on the palate regularly, based on the feedback you've given me.

[@ibtisamsiad1927]

@@allsleepashley I’m 24 though and the dimples in my chin are really bad since I can remember. Does exercise really help? Because I know botox won’t help, they would just relax my muscle and then I cannot even close my mouth

[@allsleepashley]

@@ibtisamsiad1927 Sorry for the delay. Yes, I've seen exercises help resting oral postural in many, many cases. It's always worth starting with exercises before trying something more invasive. It may be worth trying the cotton roll hold and massaging out the mentalis muscle with the cotton rolls in. This way you are putting the muscle in a lengthened state and then giving it sensory input to relax. Just be consistent with it for at least 2 weeks, doing it 2-3x per day to see if it helps decrease dimpling.

[@jilleisner2208]

Hi Asley, I just finished Invisalign treatment. These exercises won't cause the teeth to shift, will they?

[@allsleepashley]

It's difficult for me to answer that without knowing the starting position of your teeth and lips. In theory, these should help keep your teeth in the new position if you had difficulty sealing your lips before having Invisalign.

[@isuruchathuranga4404]

Hi dr can someone lenghthen the lip through exercises.please do reply.how to fix lip incompetece when do not have gummysmile

[@allsleepashley]

Yes, I have seen several patients do exercises resulting in a lengthened appearance of the upper lip.

[@isuruchathuranga4404]

Ok i will give it a go.i am having lip incompetence but dont have gummysmile.i think my lip is short and feel discomfort and strain.the most bad thing is that strain causes me to loose attention and focus and ian not feeling relax at all

[@allsleepashley]

@@isuruchathuranga4404 This should cause less strain and distraction the more you practice and do exercises It will take persistence :).

[@isuruchathuranga4404]

Thank you very much.

[@sureshnag6488]

Thanks

[@colleenscanlon3867]

I've read that using lip tape at night might help with open lip posture. Any thoughts on cotton rolls with lip tape overnight?

[@Anita-cc1fb]

Hi I was wondering the same thing, did you happen to try it out?

[@colleenscanlon3867]

@@Anita-cc1fb I wasn't able to sustain long enough to see results :/ I had trouble adjusting to the tape and nose breathing so had trouble keeping it on all night.

[@Anita-cc1fb]

@@colleenscanlon3867 ah that's a shame, thank you for the reply though!

[@jabuba3147]

Does that work for adults? I am trying to improve my lip muscles but my mentalis muscle memory keeps on getting activated instead

[@allsleepashley]

Hi Jab, I have gotten good results with this exercise to improve the ability to comfortably close the lips in adults. You may see mentalis working at first when you practice this, but should dissipate over time (depending on the circumstance) as the lips can more easily reach each other.

[@allsleepashley]

@@avgdude1290 I cannot tell you if it actually lengthens the tissue of the philtrum, as this is not something I can measure clinically. I have seen this exercise, along with the manual lip stretch, create a new resting position of the lips in which the philtrum and the entire upper lip appear longer.

[@allsleepashley]

@@avgdude1290 Thanks for sending. In this study they are measuring the visual changes of the philtrum of the resting lip. If that's what you are looking for, then great :). I can say that I see this visual change clinically, as well.

[@AlexaOrchid]

You can disable your mentalis muscle with Dysport (or Botox). Find a specialist in your town. When I first had it, I felt like I was working out my face in a gym. The rest of the muscles were super weak.

[@allsleepashley]

@@AlexaOrchid Is this something that needs to be repeated? If so, how often?