Swelling After Lip Fillers

Most swelling settles down within a week or two. See your injector if swelling lasts longer than that.In the meantime, you can use cool packs to ease the swelling, placing them on your lips or 15 minute stretches 3-4 times a day. (your lips may be numb at the moment and doing short stretches with the ice pack minimizes the risk of frostbite).

Swelling and bruising is very common and normal after any Dermal Filler, especially on the lips as they are a very delicate area. If you squeezed a pimple on your lip you would easily bruise and swell. After being injected dozens of times, it is no surprise you develop swelling afterwards.
 It will get better. I suspect it would normally take around 5 days to heal and up to 2 weeks for all of the swelling to subside. We would not recommend massaging the area unless there is a lump.
Some things that may help the swelling and bruising would be to ice the area with a clean ice pack. 10 minutes on and 10 minutes off at a time. You can try using an anti-histmine. Arnica can be used for the bruising but it takes time to work.

If you liked your lips at the end of your procedure, then you will like your lips once the swelling goes down.  Lips tend to swell quite a lot because they are very elastic.  Also, sometimes the product that is used can contribute to swelling.  Some products tend to swell more than others - Restylane silk is an example of a product that swells more, but also gives beautiful results. I always let my lip patients know about the likelihood of swelling before we do the procedure.Please give it about a week for all swelling to go away before you judge the results.  Please be sure to visit a board-certified dermatologist, plastic, or facial plastic physician.