What Causes the Bruising During Lip Augmentation?

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Latest answer by Jason D. Bloom, MD
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Tags: bruising, causes, filler, injection, injection site, injector, technique

How long can I expect the bruising to last after my lip augmentation? Why does this occur- is it due to surgeon technique or the filler itself?

9 answers to What Causes the Bruising During Lip Augmentation?

New technique to reduce bruising for lip augmentation

My technique for lip augmentation now consists of using a small blunt tip, microcannula to inject the entire lip (vermillion lip border, lip body, etc.). An tiny entrance poke to the lip is created in at the corners (oral commissures) with a small needle and the entire lip is able to be enhanced though those 2 small needle holes. This has greatly reduced the pain and bruising for my patients. Because the microcannula is blunt tipped, the worry about hitting a... more

Jason D. Bloom, MD
Philadelphia Facial Plastic Surgeon

Bruising From Filler Injections

Bruising is due to the surgeon’s technique. However, even the best injectors will often have bruising. Bruising should last up to a week, but most likely only a few days.

Mitchel Goldman, MD
San Diego Dermatologic Surgeon

Bruising with lip augmentation...

Bruising can last 1-2 weeks following a lip augmentation with filler. In order to get any filler into the lip, you need to use a needle or some type of delivery device. These techniques are traumatic to the small vessels in the lip. If a larger vessel is hit, this can lead to significant bruising. Most women do not bruise with lip augmentation if done carefully.

Robert Heck, MD
Columbus Plastic Surgeon

Lip Augmentation

Unfortunately, the vessels in the lips and the face can be too small to be identified. Needles used in fillers, no matter how small they are, can hit a small vessel and cause bruising even in the best of hands. There are post-injection ways to speed up the recovery process but the bruising will self resolve.

Kimberly Lee, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

What causes bruising from Lip Augmentation?

Bruising is caused by bleeding within tissues, in this case the lip muscle during the lip augmentation using fillers. Fillers use needles which cause bleeding within the lip itself. The degree to which this bleeding occurs dictates the amount of bruising.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Lip augmentation

Fillers such as e.g. Juvederm and Restylane are typically used for lip augmentation. Small syringes are used to inject these and some temporary brusing may occur; it usually resolves within 1-2 weeks.

Anatoli Freiman, MD
Toronto Dermatologist

Bruising from lip augmentation with Juvederm and Restylane

The typical side effects associated with lip augmentation using hyaluronic acid fillers such as Juvederm and Restylane include bruising, redness, swelling and pain. These occur in as high as 90% of patients and usually resolve within one week. It is possible that some of these side effects may be affected by the injection techniques such as fan like injections, higher injection volumes, and more rapid injection times. Even with good injection technique, bruising is still possible but less... more

Mitchell Schwartz, MD
South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

Lip augmentation

Lip gmentation by a filler is injected through a needle. The needle can hit a small blood vessel and one gets a hematoma. It is not your surgeon's fault. It can happen to any one of us. The lip is very vascular. These days I inject with a blunt needle, but the small blunt needle is not easy to find and even with SMALL blunt needle it can cause a bruise.

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Lip augmentation with Restylane/Juvederm and bruising

Hello, It is quite common to develop some bruising after lip augmentation because the lips have such a rich blood supply. This is what gives them their pink colour. Bruising can occur from the needle injuring the multiple tiny vessels of the lip or from the massage and molding after the injections. It is hard to say whether your bruising is from technique or from the filler itself, but it is not uncommon to have some bruising after the injections. Most of the time there is... more