Lip Lift w/Complications, Revision Needed

This should have accompanied my previous post. You can see the scar (which I could cover with makeup and was willing to live with) but also the bump that was actually calm in this particular photo (which I couldn't deal with after three years of hoping it would resolve on its own). A local surgeon had recently drained (sliced? punctured?) the bump and given me a Kenalog injection.

My scar ended up being quite wide and white and one of the permanent stitches started to emerge through a large, irritated, red bump. I battled this for about three years.

I just had a revision two weeks ago to remove all the permanent sutures and attempt a better scar. I didn't follow up with my doctor about these complications when they began--not sure why. I think I might've been afraid to know the truth or was just embarrassed.

I think this doctor is a fine doctor and talented, but the procedure just went a little wrong down the road for me. Know that the risk of complications is real, no matter how cautious you are and no matter how right things go. This isn't Botox or fillers. I wish I had left my face alone.

I'm sorry the resolution isn't better. I'm working with an old phone and an old laptop. It's still really red, and stitches are popping through. I'm applying hydrocortisone cream, as my doctor recommended. I was holding off on that because I was hoping by letting the inflammation run its course, the stitches would go ahead and dissolve...but all that redness is making it so hard to cover with makeup (plus it's still a little lumpy).