I feel a bit stupid for asking this question - since it is driven by an article on Cosmo. I have been getting injections for about 2 years. I went in a little early, & lips are bigger than before. Does skin on the lips & it's elasticity and ability to go back to normal. Does that skin tend to go back faster or better than other skin on the body or the same? I have loose skin (I had two breast lifts because my skin is so loose). I am no worried that my lips will not go back to normal.
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Hello! Great question. Although there are many techniques to lip filler, placing filler in a c-curve beneath the vermillion border (the white roll) can change the shape of the cupid’s bow.
Bruising is not dependent on the filler type. Bruising depends on the technique of injection as well as the patient's own skin. Patients who tend to have more superficial blood vessels (red in the face) or are getting more superficial injections are more prone to bruising. Hope this ...
From your photos, it does look as if the top left hand side of the lip is a little overfilled an unsymmetrical. This does seem to be bothering you. I would recommend going back to your original injector and asking for a small amount of hyalase to dissolve the overfilled section. If this does not...
