I had Mohs surgery on my lower lip four days ago and have five stitches. How long can I expect swelling?

This is probably okay given your description, but if there is any question, it is better to not use makeup yet until it is fully healed, usually around 6-8 weeks after surgery. The best advice for ultimate good healing and for minimizing scar, is to keep the new wound covered as you have, and...

It is not recommended that you injest scabs. The wound should be allowed to heal naturally, and if accidental ingestion does occur, it would pass through the digestive system and out of your body the next time you relieve yourself.

No. As surgeons, we can work around hair accordingly, if needed. Sometimes the hair will be cut around the area of the tumor, if need be. Also too, shaving can potentially increase the risk of wound infection, if done within 24 hours of a surgery, as this can lift superficial skin cells and...

Thank you for your question. Soap and water is actually perfectly fine to run over the healing wound for cleaning, and is often recommended. Hydrogen peroxide should be reserved for wounds with fibrin within them (lacy white-colored tissue within early healing wounds), and should be used only...

If there is fibrin in the wound (early, healing tissue), then 1-2 times of cleaning the wound with hydrogen peroxide is okay, in order to lift some of the fibrin off of the healing wound (debridement). In general, any more use of this than that is not recommended, as hydrogen peroxide is known...

This is determined on a case-by-case basis, so please stay in touch with your surgeon regarding this timing. Typical treatments begin somewhere 1-3 months after surgery, but it is highly variable.