“My Results from Lip Augmentation (Perma Facial Implant) - Houston, TX”

seems to me like perhaps your surgeon placed the implant too high in the lip. I had mine done and since the first day they were in place. swollen, very swollen but in the right vecinity!

I had Perma Lip done 13 days ago and am also concerned that my top lip was placed either too high or is too big, as I look horrible. Doctor swears it is still swollen, but until I read your posting, it seemed to me, that I was the ONLY one that was possibly swollen and unhappy with the results after 2 weeks. I am sorry I do not have any helpful advise to you, but do you mind sharing with me how how long it took for the majority of your swelling to go away? Currently, I look like a duck and the Perma Lip (for some reason) really accentuates the appearance of my smile lines (those between my nose and corners of my mouth). If I were you, I would probably consult with another doctor, if there are any in your area that perform the same type of procedure.

I did my permalip only in my top lip 3 days ago and I'm very swollen and a little bruised on the left side of my mustache area but not on the lip!! but when I smile it is totally uneven and I look like a freak :(. did anyone have an uneven smile when they were healing from the permalip?

ok so it's been 10 days since my permalip surgery and it is starting to look better but still not even but I was hoping to see more of my top teeth and I still can't we shall see how it will look in another week.

I had my permalip surgery about 2 weeks ago. Before the stitches were taken out I noticed that part of my lip was slightly transparent. It looks like the implant is pushing and stretching out a small section of my lip on the right side. I thought that once the swelling went down it would go away but it hasn't changed at all. My main concern is that the left side of my lip rises higher than the other when I smile, it's uneven! I'm not sure if anything can be done or if I will have to get the implants removed. I am really upset and now I just wish that I had my thin lips back.

First, if you are unhappy with your results and have specific issues, talk your plastic surgeon. That's what I would do. Give yourself time to heal, though. Even though it's cosmetic, placing lip implants is surgery. Everyone heals and recovers at a different pace.

I had Perma Facial Implants inserted in my top and bottom lip about 3 months ago and I don't have the problems others bring up in this blog post thread. My implants are the medium-size diameter, because my lips have a good amount of tissue and I wanted a very natural look, and the longer length, due to the natural length of my lips. Each implant was placed, from what I can tell, right at the vermilion border (the demarcation between the red-colored lip and the adjacent normal skin). This givens them a lovely projection, which is a trait of full, youthful lips.

It took my top lip a while longer than my bottom lip to become normal-looking again. After my experience with facial rejuvenation (brow lift, face lift, eyelid surgery), I knew not to become overly concerned until I had healed. Some slight swelling remained in my top lip longer than the bottom lip, and in the lip area, even the slightest swelling can make things look strange!

A couple things I have noticed... before the implant my top lip wasn't perfectly symmetric. I really hadn't taken much notice of it before. Of course the implant didn't correct this. After I got the implants I really scrutinized my lips, looking for imperfections and problems. When I had healed to the point where it was ok to pucker my lips, at first, the upper lip puckered on one side and not the other. After a few more weeks, now both sides can pucker.

Bottom line, what I ended up with is my lips changed back to the way they looked when I was much younger. The slight asymmetry is still there, but it's subtle, as it has always been. I've said it in other comments on this site...I love the results. My lips look so much better than they did before I got the Perma Facial Implants.