I'm almost 34 and my lips disappear when I smile. My mouth has also shrunk to almost half its size. This has been bugging me for a few years (scleroderma started about six years ago) - my lips were never huge, but I could at least wear lipstick without looking like I drew a line on my face.
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February 4, 2014
Answer: Scleroderma with Loss of Lip Volume and Contracture
After trauma, the bump maybe cause by either excesses scar tissue or a mucocele. A mucocele is a cyst caused by entrapment of a mucous gland that isn't properly draining. This could've been caused by the trauma that you received to the lip. The scar tissue or the mucocele could be...
If its not causing you a problem I would leave it alone. The only way to remove injectable silicone is to surgically excise it and this may result in a lip deformity.