Hi,

I hope it's okay to ask this here. I have been searching all over the internet and have even asked a dentist and a plastic surgeon and no one seems to know.

I have a short philtrum. As a consequence I have some lip incompetence and a gummy smile. I don't have an overbite but when I talk, there is a little too much upper teeth shown.

Will stretching the philtrum by stuffing a piece of cotton inside my upper lip and forcefully sealing my lips for hours everyday along with good oral posture help lengthen the philtrum and help my upper lip rest lower while at rest and while laughing?

This seems like a very odd ask because most of the population wants to shorten their philtrums, and I was hoping this community might know of a regimen to do the opposite :) The dentist and plastic surgeon I consulted both said it's impossible to lengthen the philtrum tissue.

Thank you