Thank you for your question about what to do with the silicone in your lips. If someone tells you there is something that dissolves silicone, please do not walk away--please run away. They are lying. Zero percent of silicone is dissolved with any type of injection. There is nothing that dissolves silicone. Steroids and kenalog etc. do NOT dissolve silicone. These products ONLY decrease the scarring around the silicone. Therefore, there is no product on the planet that dissolves silicone. If doctors are injecting steroid, they are ONLY treating the scar tissue around the silicone and therefore, NOT treating the cause, namely the silicone. Bottom line: your lip silicone MUST be removed. If you do not remove the silicone or just keep having steroid injections to “band-aide” the problem, but do not permanently fix your lips, you will just continue to have silicone lip problems. The scar tissue that forms around silicone eventually turns into a granuloma. In turn, these granulomas can turn into cancer. Therefore, I would highly recommend that your lip silicone be surgically removed. Avoid, physicians who suggest other forms of lip silicone treatment. Lip silicone removal is accomplished through an incision in the lip. Lip silicone and associated silicone lip scar tissue is surgically removed. Lip silicone removal is completed under IV sedation or general anesthesia and takes approximately 1 hour to perform. Plan on a 5 to 7 day recovery period. In most cases, silicone, PMMA, and biopolymer injections and associated scar tissue must be removed as soon as possible. Silicone and PMMA removal is no easy surgery, so please seek an experienced, board certified plastic surgeon with significant experience in removing silicone and PMMA from the lips. I specialize in silicone and permanent filler removal. I am a lead investigator and founder of the Silicone Removal Institute. If you cannot find an experienced, silicone or permanent filler removal surgeon in your neighborhood, consider traveling out of state if you must. Sincerely, Dr. Katzen. (“Verified” Plastic Surgeon, Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Fellow of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American College of Surgery, and International College of Surgery and member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and RealSelf Hall of Fame.)