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Lip Lift Gone Wrong? - Great Britain, GB
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I had a lip lift done 3 months ago and at this...
chinpatientDecember 3, 2014
$5,500
I had a lip lift done 3 months ago and at this point I have not been able to see any results. If you look at my pictures so far i have not been able to see my upper teeth when I slightly open my mouth, which is the reason why I had this procedure done in the first place.
My procedure was done from the inside, therefore you will not see any scars at the bottom of my nose like I commonly see.
All the area surrounding my upper lip up to my nose is still numb, in fact i have not been able to smile or laugh widely. My nose is still very swollen as well.
Is it normal that i can't see results yet? I am very dissapointed that I paid so much money for nothing!!
My procedure was done from the inside, therefore you will not see any scars at the bottom of my nose like I commonly see.
All the area surrounding my upper lip up to my nose is still numb, in fact i have not been able to smile or laugh widely. My nose is still very swollen as well.
Is it normal that i can't see results yet? I am very dissapointed that I paid so much money for nothing!!
UPDATED FROM chinpatient
6 months post
7 months post lip lift... can't get any worse...
chinpatientMarch 22, 2015
no improvement whatsoever... upper lip is longer now than what it was before the surgery... pain and swlling still there... i have damage my gastroinstestinal system with so many pain killers... my self steem has been destroyed, looking at myself in the mirror and seeing what I have done to my face is just unverable...
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March 22, 2015
Have you been back to your surgeon honey? I am so sorry you had such a terrible experience but it must be able to be rectified surely? x
March 24, 2015
Hi Kristi,
I have brought up my concerns to my doctor, he says he will redo the surgery using a different approach, but I dont trust it will come out right this second time around and I dont want to risk further damage.
March 23, 2015
I'm so sorry to hear about your terrible experience. I too, am having very bad complications from my lip lift surgery (although mine was the bullhorn/under nostrils). After 3 months of spitting dissolvable sutures, and terrible scar tissue from inflammation, with little improvement, I asked my doctor to excise the remaining buried sutures, and remove the thick scar tissue that had formed. At first I was optimistic, but I had another infection which caused wound separation. It is now been 14 weeks, and I am still not healed - and am not sure how long it will take for the deep gaps to close from the suture separation. Although my doctor has been very understanding and kind, I feel the same way that you do - I now have low self-esteem, don't want to go out, and am saddened when I look in the mirror - knowing I was the one who made the choice to do this to myself.
March 24, 2015
oh God, why this happened to us.. did you find the numbness subsided when you had the remaining sutures removed? do you feel pain and swelling?
March 25, 2015
I still have pain, swelling and numbness, along with a staph infection, and wound separation. My next step is to have the wound swabbed since I'm terrified this might be antibiotic resistant. I'm currently on Keflex oral and silvadene topical, but not seeing much, if any, improvement. I wish I knew when this nightmare would be over.
May 2, 2015
I'm really, really sorry you are going through this, but please do remember - if you had known that this would have happened, you would have never done this ... true? Please try & be gentler with yourself ... & release the guilt, for t only adds stress to you that interferes with your healing.
I, myself. am considering this op & with a well-known surgeon in England. Would you be so kind as to share your surgeon's name please?
November 18, 2017
A risky procedure....
And not a natural one, I do think now that cosmetic surgery has( somewhat lost the plot )...All the different and extra types of non run of the mill procedures available now, should be carefully considered before deciding to go ahead...
Remember all of these ops, are after all an inflicted injury,that needs to heal !!
And some patients will heal better than others..
And not a natural one, I do think now that cosmetic surgery has( somewhat lost the plot )...All the different and extra types of non run of the mill procedures available now, should be carefully considered before deciding to go ahead...
Remember all of these ops, are after all an inflicted injury,that needs to heal !!
And some patients will heal better than others..
November 18, 2017
I've seen some amazing face lift and breast implant/reduction etc.results...but look at others and appalling results...Why do you think that is...Often the patient is not truthful about their health conditions or habits...Don't reveal they Smoke..Diet especially...General health..It all will effect results if not ideal.
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Thank you for sharing your experience so far on RealSelf! Would it be possible for you to put up a "before" photo as well so we can see the difference (or lack thereof). Have you brought up your disappointment to your surgeon?