Who are the candidates for lip reduction?

Any aged person can get their lips volume reduced.

Patients with thicker lips or different sized lips. The upper lip and the lower lips are not symmetrical.

Causes of oversized lips.

Racial traits and hereditary are the commons causes.

congenital conditions.

How is the procedure done?

Most lip reduction surgeries use local anesthesia ( by giving numbing injections)

The procedure typically involves,

• Making horizontal cuts inside the lips.
• Removing excess tissue such as fat tissue and mucosa of the lips.sometimes event the muscle.
• The wound is closed with dissolvable sutures

If you are uncomfortable with the procedure being done awake, than you could ask for sedation anesthesia during the procedure. The procedure takes around 60 to 90 minutes.

Post operative care for Lip Reduction Treatment

• After the procedure, you may experience some swelling, bruising in the lips.
• You will be advised to avoid taking hot drinks such as tea or coffee as the heat may melt the sutures.
• You will be advised to keep your oral cavity clean by using mouth wash.
• You will be unable to go out for a week, as the swelling will be obvious.
• You can start your normal course of activities in one week or two.
• You could start with your light exercises and mild walking.
• Recovery is quicker and easier.
• Your doctor might prescribe an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic medication to ease the symptoms. In most cases, lips will take 1–2 weeks to heal.
• As lip reduction surgery is known to restore facial balance, you see significant changes in your looks after the swelling is completely resolved at 2–3 months.

When to contact during emergency?

• Increasing pain in the region
• Increasing swelling within the area
• Excessive bruising
• Fever
• Redness in the region

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