Are nerve blocks ever used to fill lips with filler? Mine turned out really bad. Wondering if the nerve block could have been the problem. One side of face drew up on one side for hours.
Answer: Fillers in the lips tend to be rather uncomfortable without some sort of numbing medication... while dental blocks may be performed, they are less popular now than previously...some people do well with only topical numbing salve or ice, but many people now favor injections just under the mucous membranes inside the mouth...and some of my patients actually prefer no numbing agents...irrespective of the choice of numbing agent, it should not interfere with the results of treatment...if your concerns resolved when the numbing disappeared, the cause of the problem was the effect of the block...not an adverse reaction to either the treatment or the numbing agent...
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Answer: Fillers in the lips tend to be rather uncomfortable without some sort of numbing medication... while dental blocks may be performed, they are less popular now than previously...some people do well with only topical numbing salve or ice, but many people now favor injections just under the mucous membranes inside the mouth...and some of my patients actually prefer no numbing agents...irrespective of the choice of numbing agent, it should not interfere with the results of treatment...if your concerns resolved when the numbing disappeared, the cause of the problem was the effect of the block...not an adverse reaction to either the treatment or the numbing agent...
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November 28, 2015
Answer: Nerve blocks for lip augmentation can be avoided with "Needle-Free" fillers Administering a nerve block is a matter of personal preference on the part of the patient and physician.The typical dental type inferior or superior alveolar nerve block avoids the potential for distortion in the lip by delivering the anesthetic fluid to a region which is actually several millimeters away from the actual site where the filler is to be deposited. This technique avoids the risk for marked swelling of the lip by anything but the filler material, the latter of which is likely going to result in pretty uniform swelling throughout the lip on a very temporary basis. However, you will also need to be prepared for that strange sensation in your lips and to not be able to speak clearly for about an hour due to the anesthesia. Swelling that you experienced on one side of the face could be due to bleeding from contact with either the needle used for the filling material or from the needle from the anesthetic injection. The technique and availability of "needle free" filler administration has resulted in marked reduction of the risks for hematoma and is very well tolerated without the need for traditional nerve blocks.
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November 28, 2015
Answer: Nerve blocks for lip augmentation can be avoided with "Needle-Free" fillers Administering a nerve block is a matter of personal preference on the part of the patient and physician.The typical dental type inferior or superior alveolar nerve block avoids the potential for distortion in the lip by delivering the anesthetic fluid to a region which is actually several millimeters away from the actual site where the filler is to be deposited. This technique avoids the risk for marked swelling of the lip by anything but the filler material, the latter of which is likely going to result in pretty uniform swelling throughout the lip on a very temporary basis. However, you will also need to be prepared for that strange sensation in your lips and to not be able to speak clearly for about an hour due to the anesthesia. Swelling that you experienced on one side of the face could be due to bleeding from contact with either the needle used for the filling material or from the needle from the anesthetic injection. The technique and availability of "needle free" filler administration has resulted in marked reduction of the risks for hematoma and is very well tolerated without the need for traditional nerve blocks.
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