I have olive skin and I scar well. I'm a really fast healer and in excellent health. I'm 48. Do you think it is possible for me to be presentable in public a week after this type of surgery? I don't have that much time avail to take at this time. Also-my surgeon takes the stitches out a week after surgery
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Dear password101Thank you for your question and photo! The lip shape is dependent on the shape of your whole face and the shape of your teeth and dental arches. There is no precise number and the technique should involve a good fixation of the lift so that the surrounding structures are...
Thank you for your question about your lip lift.You probably have absorbing deep sutures.Ask your surgeon what deep sutures s/he used and it this could be the cause.Once the sutures are absorbed, the red bumps will go away.No treatment is needed unless the suture rises to the surface as a...
Thank you for your question about your lip lift.This is not something easy to figure out on your own or by a single photo.You need a careful face-to-face evaluation by a plastic surgeon and possibly by an orthognathic surgeonto evaluated the bones of your upper and lower face.Once the cause of...