I hate the cleft scar on my lip, that I lack a defined philtrum and cupids bow, and also feel the distance from my nose to my lip is long, making the scar all the more noticeable. do you think a lift lip would be appropriate? be honest about recovery time also. also, is there any risk of nerve damage in this procedure that would affect the movement of my lip?
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Without photos an opinion is impossible. Your description sounds pretty typical though and likely to be able to be improved with our routine approaches.
You can certainly get a revision surgery to correct the problems you mentioned. Unfortunately, patients with cleft lip/nose often end up with multiple surgeries depending on intial extend of their problem as well as the growth factor which can affect the result.
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