My Lips Didn't Match. Baltimore, MD

I always HATED my lips. My top lip was wayyy smaller than my bottom and the space between lips and nose was too long. It showed my bottom teeth only. I couldn't leave the house without lip liner to over line my lips and make them appear slightly bigger. When I was little it didn't matter much because my nose was super tiny but as you get older your nose grows and so mine did. It made my face look unproportional. So fast forward i started researching lip procedures and came upon the lip lift! After doing extensive research I came upon pictures of patients done by Dr. Rodriguez in MD. I was impressed with all the pictures I saw by him so I booked a virtual consultation. I live out of state btw. We spoke and he was very nice, asked me why and what I wanted. It all went great. Then I booked my appointment with his people once I was ready. Well I finally had it done yesterday! I went in the day before for the in person consultation where he measures the distance of the lip and how much you want to take off. He asked me to show him how I wanted my lip to look, then he measured. He also took some before pics . We spoke some more, and he's so calm and collected. I put my trust in him. I think he really knows his stuff. I left feeling assured. The following day I was nervous. I took the medication they prescribed to calm my nerves. Let me tell you-the anaesthesia shots hurt! Then it was a weird sensation after where my top lip felt super low, on my tongue. It was a strange feeling! after that I didn't feel anything. No pain just pressure, tugging etc. like I knew he was doing it but I didn't feel it. He also told me when he would begin.
The procedure took about less than an hr I believe. Afterwards I was all swollen! I wasn't in pain afterwards at all, still numb till about a few hours later. my nose, lips, cheeks and face was all swollen and is right now. I will insert pics below. It is only the day after for me so I am in a lot of pain.

Hey guys, sorry I never finished it, and I will keep updating. Dr. Rodriguez is the only doctor I trusted to do this and touch my face. I've seen some horror pictures and was very very scared. It is the face after all. I'm loving the results right now but it's all about how I heal and how it looks in a Few months. I put unsure right now because you don't get the full results until later, as you know. I was also scared because I had a very prominent cuspids bow(very m shaped top lip) so I was scared about it being more m of he lifted it but as of right now it seems to look good. He lifted more towards the Center and I believe brought me to a 1.0. I was a 1.5. I wanted the very bottom of my top teeth to show but let's see because my teeth are short. Here are pics of me right after surgery. I hated my side profile and I can tell it has made it look SO much better. But yes I am VERY swollen right now. The day after was horrible for me and the worst. I couldn't eat cause of the medications , I was nauseous, couldn't sleep. My whole face hurt! My cheeks, forehead. Nose , lips, had a huge headache. But everyone reacts differently. You have to take a lot of pills so it doesn't get infected and for pain, so you have to eat but that was hard for me. I will update again, today is day 3 so I will add more pics as it heals. Thanks :) If you are scared of doing it don't be. Go to him, he knows his stuff. I also drove in from out of state, it was 3 hrs driving for me l. I went with a relative so they drove after the surgery and I left the next day. Btw my nose looks huge but it is just super swollen. I love my nostrils and that is something I spoke to him about, it was a big concern to me that they don't look different after. They look the same right now, just very swollen.

Just wanted to show you. I got really bad, big bruises under my top lip. You can see the black and blues, so once that goes away in sure my lip won't be as big. (I'm loving the plumping effect) haha just not thaaat big I guess. They did ask me if I bruise easily and I never realized so keep that in mind, if you do. It feels weird touching it with my tongue. Today-on day 3 my swelling has subsided a little bit, though I am still swollen. I think the anti swell medication they prescribed and antibiotics are helping. Like I said, I'm trying to avoid the pain medication, as it makes me nauseas if I don't eat well so I'm in a bit of pain around my lips and nose. I have to wait I think another day to take Motrin. I also can't eat certain foods, no bending over too much. The sleeping part is the worst lart. It also feels so good when I apply a bag of frozen peas on it for a little bit.