Juvederm for Thin Lips, I was a Believer! - Chicago, IL

Thanks for the tip. I went back to the original place an they did not recommend using hyalurodinase. She said that it would remove even my natural proteins which could cause the reverse effect, an indentation. I am getting a second opinion this week from a plastic surgeon specialist. The right side of my lip is sagging when I talk, I don't know if this is due to the extra filler above my lip weighing it down? EEEK

Don't believe that, I have only gone to board certified plastic surgeons in Dallas for any filler/botox/hyalurodinase and none of them (4 in total) would say you should worry about your natural tissue dissolving. They use that stuff for all sorts of medical procedures, my brother has cancer and they use it when putting in the needle for chemo (many times) and he has no loss of tissue (and that is in his inner arm where you don't even have much extra tissue). They may be telling you that because they don't actually have that product, which would tell you they shouldn't even be doing filler. No one should do filler without having hyalurodinase on hand in case there is a bad reaction or whatever. Hyalurodinase has been used longer than Juviderm. Don't live with weird looking results, it is NOT worth it. I will NEVER put filler in my upper lip line again, I now know it doesn't look right. Even after two hyalurodinase treatments I still have enough Juviderm in my lips that I can tell its there, don't worry about your natural tissue, you'll be fine.

Sooo heres what ended up happening... I went to get the second opinion from a well known plastic surgeon. He looked very closely at my lips and told me that the enzyme would not be as specific as I would need to take down a certain area above my lip. (I showed him a picture of my before and the wrinkle I had above my top lip.. he said if I used the enzyme I would likely have the wrinkle back and then maybe an asymmetry). He said my best luck would be to wait it out and time will tell. So I didn't get it done, he seemed to be very honest and knowledgeable. That was 4 weeks post injection. Now I am about 6 to 7 weeks post and I still have a little fuller portion above my top lip on the right but it has come down a lot. I plan to just let it be, it seem to be evening out more over time. I don't know if I will ever do it again, but I do overall like it better than what I had prior. As for comments above, I wouldn't worry too much to have swelling above the lip at one week post op as long as there is still some discomfort, that means it may be swelling. If there is no discomfort, it may be the actual filler which will take time to go down.. like a lot of time (from my experience).