Post surgery incision care advice. The doctor told me to use hydrogen peroxide and bacitracin. Isn't HP bad for wounds?

There are surgical and non-surgical approaches to lip augmentation. Non-surgical approaches include botox (slight lift, reducing gum show) and filler (volume restoration). Surgically, you can have two separate incisions under the nose (italian), one incision under the nose (bull horn), one...

That is a very thoughtful question. It is possible for your upper lip to stretch over time due to natural aging and it may be accelerated by wearing the retainer. One thought would be to get botox injections into the masseters to reduce the grinding, and then perhaps you will not need the...

Postoperatively, after a lip lift, you can anticipate bruising and swelling that will be noticeable to you and others for about 1 week. After the sutures are removed or dissolve, depending on the type used, there will be redness along the incision line for 4-6 weeks but this can be covered with...

Postoperatively, after a lip lift, you can anticipate bruising and swelling that will be noticeable to you and others for about 1 week. After the sutures are removed or dissolve, depending on the type used, there will be redness along the incision line for 4-6 weeks but this can be covered with...

Based on your photos and the measurement you shared I would agree, you seem to be a great candidate for a lip lift. If you are successfully measuring the distance between the bottom of your nose and the top of the vermillion border of your upper lip as 2.1 cm, a lip lift would likely achieve y...

Patients can eat regular diet immediately after a lip lift without problems.  I tell patients to avoid putting makeup on the incision line for at least a couple weeks until it has healed.  Taking a month off should be more than enough.  The technique I perform uses a clear pull-out suture th...