What is the best option for me to improve the looks of my lip? (Photo)

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A month ago, a dog bit my upper lip. I had seven stitches. A chunk of my lip is missing so I have a noticeable indent. I was wondering if I will need additional treatment or do you think after a few more months of healing, it will improve on it's own enough to not be as noticeable?

Mark Anton, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello Anndallei-Higher definition photos from a couple more angles would help with my advice. From what I can see, your upper lip defect is probably best repaired by excising that part of the defect and bring the edges of the good portion of your lip back together. Plastic surgeons are very adept at this procedure as we see similar issues in cancer repair and cleft lip repair. Simple fillers will probably not improve the contour much as the scar tissue will resist any expansion. Good luck to you,Dr. A

Robert S. Schmidt, MD · Answer

Thanks for your question. Sorry to hear about your injury. You have a couple of options for restoring the appearance of your lip. The problem is that you're missing volume. To restore volume you have a couple of options. The easiest would be to consider an injectable lip filler. The second is to have a reconstructive procedure where the depressed area is removed and replaced by normal lip. That gets technical, but that's the basic idea. I wouldn't consider doing anything for several months because the wound is going to contract and change through the healing process. Let that play out a bit before considering formal reconstructive procedures. You wouldn't want to be chasing yourself (i.e. what looks good now might not in a couple of months because the healing process would continue). Good luck!

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