My upper lip has become very dark in last three years, And the skin around the lips has also become dark, How to lighten it?

Question

Many factors can cause your lips to darken. Smoking, pollution, and sun damage, for example, can negatively impact the appearance of your lips

Moisturize your lips. Dry, damaged lips can have a dark appearance. 
Use sunblock. Protect your lips from the sun as you protect the rest of your skin.
Quit smoking. Smoking can discolor lips. 
Massage your lips. Massages can increase blood flow and brighten your lips
Use a pomegranate lip scrub. Pomegranates can make your lips pinker
Use lemon juice. Lemon juice is well-known for it's ability to lighten skin

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Tanmay Palsule · Accepted Answer

Many factors can cause your lips to darken. Smoking, pollution, and sun damage, for example, can negatively impact the appearance of your lips

Moisturize your lips. Dry, damaged lips can have a dark appearance. 
Use sunblock. Protect your lips from the sun as you protect the rest of your skin.
Quit smoking. Smoking can discolor lips. 
Massage your lips. Massages can increase blood flow and brighten your lips
Use a pomegranate lip scrub. Pomegranates can make your lips pinker
Use lemon juice. Lemon juice is well-known for it's ability to lighten skin

For medication consult online in private.

Pavan Murdeshwar · Answer

Hello. The black patches or blotching what we call over the mouth occurs due to various reasons, most of them which will be your regular habits. If you avoid those habits and give a proper treatment with skin lightening agent and sun protection, definitely you can have better lips within the time you mentioned. You can text me directly so that we can know more about the reason for such occurence and treat accordingly.