Lip more plump in center, hangs down over bottom lip. (photo)

Restalyne injections can
swell for a couple days afterwards. Sometimes when injected right on the
bone in the cheeks, it can feel sore. This is normal. The
hyaluronic acid attracts water and can cause some swelling, pain and pressure
for a couple days.

Thank you for your question and photos. You developed excessive swelling following the injections of Resylane. Your lips should look much better in 1 week. You might benefit from cold compresses. It is not possible to judge the results at this point. See your physician if you are not improving. Good luck.

Hi morgan,while it is still early (lips usually take 10-14 days to settle after filler injection), it appears that your upper lip was over-injected. Your lower lip is too small in comparison. If the issue doesn't resolve, you may have to dissolve some of the upper lip filler and then inject the lower lip to provide appropriate balance. Best to wait and see at this time.

It can take about two weeks for any swelling or bruising to resolve after Restylane or Juvederm lip injections.  If you are not happy with your result at that time, please return to your doctor for reassessment.  You may require additional filler, particularly for your lower lip.

I agree with you that the upper lip looks disproportionately bigger than the lower. It would be helpful to see before the injection photos to really understand the difference resulted from the procedure. I would guess your lips were not small to start with. It is possible that post-procedural swelling accounts for a part of it, although by 5th day the swelling should have had mostly subsided. Another possibility is that the lip was overcorrected with Restylane. I would advise you to give it a few more weeks for the edema to resolve and filler to settle. There is alway an option of Hyalutonidase injection to resorb the filler, although I would use it as a last resort. 

I usually tell patients to give the lips about two weeks to settled down. They tend to get more swollen than other areas. 

It looks like the upper lip was over injected and not enough in the lower lip. You need to have more injected into the lower lip and even it from side to side. the upper will go down some

Without a pre photo this is hard to comment on but it only appears your top lip was injected, which is most likely why it is larger and feels like it's hanging over the bottom lip. In general we recommend that people follow a 1/3 to 2/3 rule with fillers where 2/3 of the material goes into the bottom lip and 1/3 into the top lip. This allows a natural appearance and the general idea that the bottom lip is 2/3 the size of the top lip. Since you only had it 5 days ago, I'd recommend you wait a bit longer and see how the swelling goes down. If you don't like how it looks at that point, follow up with your injector. You can always remove some of the top lip filler with hyaluronidase."This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and cannot be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."