Hi. I had a mucocele removed from my left lower lip exactly 2 weeks ago. It was large and the maxiofacial surgeon said he also removed surrounding salivary glands. 2 weeks later I’m still unable to smile and have a big scab on my lip. Also inside my lip, I’ve noticed there is solid swelling where the stitches were. Is this scar tissue? Will it go down or will it be there permanently? I’m d it does go down; roughly how long should it be until I start seeing results?
Answers (1)
From board-certified doctors and trusted medical professionals
My chermion, the late Doctor Lenard Rubin, invented an elegant technique in treating this problem. He would use two of the muscles that you chew with (the temporalis and masseter muscles) and the frontalis muscle to reanimate the face. He takes part of the temporalis muscle ( and sometimes the...
I have treated lip scarring. actually u can see some of the photos on my public profile on RealSelf. if you wish to proceed then please email me some of your pics so I can have an idea what the scarring looks like.
Hi and welcome to our forum!
From your photo, it appears that your initial injury was quite significant. Initial treatment usually consists of debridement of non-viable tissues, thorough cleansing to reduce the possibility of infection, and putting the remaining viable pieces together...
