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| Lip Augmentation: Recovery |
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When can you expect to return to your normal daily routine? Fortunately, lip augmentation is generally not a very invasive procedure, but recovery time varies depending on the procedure you choose.
With the exception of the local flaps procedure, you can expect to return to work either the same day or two to three days afterward. Bruising and swelling following most procedures can last three days to seven days. If you opt for the local flaps technique, you are advised to wait up to two weeks before returning to work.
If there are stitches, your doctor will remove them between one and two weeks following the procedure.
Bruising ranges from almost nothing with the injections to very severe with the local flaps techniques. They usually diminish quickly.
Swelling is much like bruising and is minimal with one of the injection techniques. It is moderate, though, with fat grafting and local flaps and very severe with inside-the-mouth local flaps.
Incisions are almost never noticeable.
Ice packs will help reduce swelling and soothe incisions.
Follow-up visits are frequent initially and diminish as time passes. If at any time following surgery you experience fever, bleeding, or other symptoms of infection, immediately inform your doctor.
You may be prescribed antibiotics to fight infection.
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