Is It Normal That I Still Have Hard Lumps on my Lips More Than 1 Month After Injection? (photo)

Hello. I'm kind of very desperate. I got lip injections about 5 weeks ago and it got VERY swollen and I look like a deformed duck now. The initial swelling has gone down quite a lot but my lips are now very assymetrical. The top lip has a bigger side and the lower lip looks like a sausage. I can feel hard lumps in my lips. It is swelling or is it a gross filling job? The lady said it was pure hyaluronic acid is that possible? Thank you very much.

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Hard lumps in lips after injections

Hard lumps in the lips that have persisted 5 months after your injection are not likely to improve. It is unlikely that swelling would persist this long. Because filler injections are an art as much as it is a science, it is especially important to remember that the experience and technique of your physician injector is the most critical part to your achieving a beautiful, natural result. I recommend you have it dissolved with hyaluronidase and start over with someone else. more

Hard Lumps after 1 month are not normal

It is not normal to have hard lumps in your lips 1 month after injection with a hyaluronic acid (HA) filler. A HA filler typically swells in the lips over a few days and then the lip will return to its "filled" state. The filler will slowly re-absorb over 6-9 months. The hard lump may be an area of concentrated filler. I would first try to massage the area and "break up" the lump. A wonderful property of HA fillers is that they can be easily... more

Hard lumps on lips 5 weeks after augmentation (photo)

The asymmetry and change in appearance of your lips is apparent. Not sure about the lumps, but it is likely the filler material. If you are unhappy with the result and it is indeed hyaluronic acid, the best initial approach in my opinion is massaging lumps to redistribute the product. If this doesn't work, hyaluronidase (Vitrace) injection(s) will immediately cause resorption of the filler, and return to your pre-injection appearance. If you just want certain areas... more

Lumps in Lips After Filler Injections

Hard lumps in the lips 5 weeks after your injections is not likely to improve and is not typical. Swelling also does not typically last this long, nor does it usually manifest as hard lumps. Bleeding inside the lips can sometimes cause soft lumps, but they also would have resolved within 2 weeks of the injections. I recommend you follow up immediately with the physician who injected you and ask him/her about using hyaluronidase to dissolve the filler that was injected. It... more