Procedure to fix uneven lip? (photos)

Lip scar tissue is easily removed under local and so worth it. You can drive yourself home and have a fairly quick recovery.

Scarring and scar tissue requires a combination approach and sometimes that means surgical removal, lasers, micro needling and fillers. I suggest you see an expert in scar treatment for optimal results. Best, Dr. Emer

Uneven lip secondary  to trauma. This can be repaired now by removing scar tissue for the lip and this can be done under local anesthesia by a very experienced facial plastic or plastic surgeon.

Thank you for sharing your question and photograph.  It appears that you had a fair amount of scar tissue develop along your right upper lip (left in the picture) during the healing phase of your laceration.  This has caused you the fullness and irregularity relative to your left upper lip.  Correction will require a reapproximation of the tissues while removing a significant portion of the scar to better match your uninjured side.    Be sure to see a board certified plastic surgeon in consultation.

it looks like that was a pretty deep cut when you were 5 years old! In addition to the scarring, the cut likely severed some of the muscle, causing the bulge. It would be interesting to see what this looks like when you smile and pucker. Reapproximating the muscle after all these years is not easy and may not be able to be done. I think what can be done easily is to remove the scar tissue and a bit of the wet mucosa that pooches out. This should even out your lip at rest, but it may not be completely symmetrical when you move your mouth. See a board certified plastic surgeon (particularly a pediatric plastic surgeon who does a lot of cleft lip work) for an in person consultation. 

are often distressing to patients! In your case it appears as if the repair that was done at the time of injury resulted in scar that formed at the junction of your dry and wet mucosa and makes your upper lip uneven. This ball of scar tissue can usually be removed surgically (it can be done under local analgesia in the office!) by taking a wedge of your mucosa out and carefully realigning your lip so that the orientation and contour is similar to the left upper lip. Up to 1/3 of the upper lip can be removed without changing the general shape of the mouth or making the opening of the mouth too small. I would be happy to give you a formal consultation.

You would benefit from excision of your right upper lip redundancy with the incision placed over the inner mucosal/red vermillion border