I had my lips augmented with hyaluronic 48h ago, and have bumps in my lips since. I massaged my upper lip and there is only one bump left, visible when smiling. My lower lip seems to have the injection split on two sections: empty middle and on both sides there are many lumps. Should I massage them more? How hard should I press? There is still some swelling which leaves my lips goodlooking while you cannot really see the lumps, but I'm concerned they will be visible after the swelling is gone.
December 31, 2016
Answer: I never recommend that you adjust your own lips or any treatment for that matter. Don't simply massage your lips because these doctors should not be making such a recommendation to you. You are swollen. It is impossible to know at this moment what is swelling and what is fullness from too much product. If you "massage" your lip you will simply be further traumatizing the lip and possibly moving the product out of the lip edge which will harm your long term result. Massage does not "destroy" filler but it certainly can affect the result of a treatment. You should continue to let the lips settle down and any irregularies present a week after the service should be carefully adjusted by your injector. If you are seeing an issue at that point and your injector is not seeing your issue, you have the wrong injector.
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December 31, 2016
Answer: I never recommend that you adjust your own lips or any treatment for that matter. Don't simply massage your lips because these doctors should not be making such a recommendation to you. You are swollen. It is impossible to know at this moment what is swelling and what is fullness from too much product. If you "massage" your lip you will simply be further traumatizing the lip and possibly moving the product out of the lip edge which will harm your long term result. Massage does not "destroy" filler but it certainly can affect the result of a treatment. You should continue to let the lips settle down and any irregularies present a week after the service should be carefully adjusted by your injector. If you are seeing an issue at that point and your injector is not seeing your issue, you have the wrong injector.
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December 31, 2016
Answer: Lip Swelling After Fillers Like Juvederm, Volbella, Restylane -- Use Hyaluronidase, Wait 2 Weeks Massaging may help, and swelling is definitely normal post injection. If the bumps haven't gone away in a few more days, I'd suggest consulting with your injector to discuss the results. If necessary, the hyaluronic acid may be dissolved to get rid of the bumps.
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December 31, 2016
Answer: Lip Swelling After Fillers Like Juvederm, Volbella, Restylane -- Use Hyaluronidase, Wait 2 Weeks Massaging may help, and swelling is definitely normal post injection. If the bumps haven't gone away in a few more days, I'd suggest consulting with your injector to discuss the results. If necessary, the hyaluronic acid may be dissolved to get rid of the bumps.
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