Thank you for sharing your question and I am sorry to hear of your prolonged healing. Without a full series of photographs it is difficult to offer definite advice, but the lip tends to heal very quickly, within a month of any incision. You may still experience numbness or swelling for se...
Hello, If performed by a specialist a lip mucocele can be removed in the office under local anesthesia and is not a major procedure. It does carry a small risk of recurrence and asymmetry, but typically is a very well tolerated procedure where the benefits outweigh the risk. Do discuss your...
Most mucoceles can be removed in the office under local. Without pictures I can't comment on your situation, but I have not had a patient complain about scars on the lips in the part where mucoceles form.
Best of luck,
Dr Rodman