Hi, I went to the beach and laid out for about 3 hours. I’m usually never in the sun. I feel like my lips look smaller. Is it possible for the sun to have shrunk them?
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I tell my patients that they can generally do everything if there is no major swelling just two days after the treatment. Depending on how you feel you should be able to make that decision yourself or ask your treating physician for advice.
Any scratch / open wound can become infected but most wounds - in a health person - heal well on their own and topical antibiotics are enough. Rednees, pain, swelling and discharge from the wound are common signs of infection. I don’t think scratch will make you lose the filler.
Juvederm is hydrophilic which means it is attracted to water. When you are dehydrated, your lips will be dehydrated as well. Therefore, laying out in the sun may indeed make your lips appear smaller in the short term. Rubbing your lips together frequently may also shorten the life of the J...
