I have a dent in my lip after Juvederm filler. What is happening?

One week post having a lip filler treatment is too early to assess your true result as swelling can still be present. We advise a 2-4 week review to assess your result.Warm Regards,Dr Glenn Murray, Absolute Cosmetic Medicine

Swelling is common after lip injections and can take up to two weeks to resolve.  You may want to try gentle massage of the area.  Your doctor can dissolve the product with hyaluronidase if it is still bothersome.

Thank you for your pictures and questions. After only a week, there is likely still some swelling in the area and it usually takes about 2 weeks for that to go away completely and for the final result to be revealed. Try to be patient and follow up with your expert injector. If there is some unevenness (and this can easily happen), it can usually be corrected with some additional filler, or if it is too large, some of the product can be dissolved.Hope this helps!Dallas R. Buchanan, MD, FACSOwner & Board-Certified Plastic SurgeonVIVIFY plastic surgery

There can be some swelling and/or lumps after lip injections which can last 1-2 weeks. You can apply firm pressure between two fingers on the lips for a few days, for 5 mins a time, in order to help decrease swelling and even out the lumps. If you're unhappy with your final results you can have it reversed with hyaluronidase and try a different technique next time. Best, Dr. Emer

Dear scarlet_begonias88,Juvederm has significant swelling post injection. I would follow up with you plastic surgeon but typically I tell all my patients to wait a full two weeks.  Generally at 2 weeks they are happy and glad they didn't dissolve.  Dissolving is unpredictable as well.Daniel Barrett, MD

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