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Can threads be dissolved? (thread migrated into lips). 2 weeks ago I had a thread lift.

justagirl86Feb 27, 2018
After completing my antibiotics I felt a sharp pain on the rim on my lip, throughout the day the pain shifted through the whole lip. The pain is insane, for a week i feel like my lip is stuffed with needles, and i can see a line going through it and poking through the skin next to my nostril (so it went through the lip and up), since its a barbed thread, i cant eat, speak properly or touch my lip, due to shooting pains from the pins. My beautician is shocked.

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Dr. Lawrence Janowski, MD
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Answered on Mar 31, 2018
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