44 Year Old Not Happy with Distance Btw. Lip and Nose - Baltimore, MD

Was not happy with distance btw. lip and nose. Did the classic....tried fillers initially....was great for marionette lines, but made lips duckish. I was 90% sure I was going to chose Dr. Rodriguez after viewing his videos on realself regarding lip lift surgery. After meeting with him and his staff and seeing the many before and after photos of patients who have had this done....it was a go. Had sx on may 14th. No problems at all. Was awake for the procedure. The only thing that bothered me was the epinephrine in the local caused my heart to race some. was in the office a total of 2 hours. The pain is completely manageable. Taking the usual antibiotic, prednisone, pain med, and valium only at night to help with sleeping upright. Day 2 was very swollen, even eyes puffy, and nose huge. Using frozen peas for swelling. I will have to get my before pictures at my follow up appt., as I forgot to get any close up shots. I will also find out what the beginning distance was and how much was removed. Dr. Rodriguez decided to end with 1.3 mm rather then 1.1. He thought 1.1 would leave to much teeth show and therefore did not recommend going shorter. He believes in being more conservative with lip lifts since you can always do a revision if needed. I was told not to use any scar creams or the Bio oil that I purchased until after my 1 week follow-up. So far very happy. More to follow.

Absolutely no pain morning of day 3. No more pain Med. I did start to bleed some because I didn't follow direction and I pulled up some weeds in the garden. Put it cleared up as soon as I rested.

Purchased at Brookstone. Really helps to sleep upright those first few days