![]() How do you minimize or reduce lip filler swelling? The best way is to minimize it when it happens. I often tell my patients to wait 10 days or so, before I would re-see them relating to this. Because of this, patients may notice a little bit of asymmetry or unevenness. Lips may get more swelling on one side than on the other side. What other things do people want to know? They want to know if their lips look a little bit uneven, should they call immediately? Well, swelling doesn’t necessarily happen symmetrically. Is uneven swelling after lip fillers normal? At two weeks, there’s generally no swelling. ![]() It gets its largest in 12 hours to 36 hours afterwards, and then at about four or five days it’s a very small amount of swelling. There’s a curve of how big the lip looks after surgery. This might be because they liked the look of their lips with a slight bit of swelling remaining. Two weeks afterwards or so, many patients tell me they feel like they’d like a little fuller look. Bottomline, at three to five days my patients tend to be very happy, whether they want a very natural look, or a cosmetically aggressive look. That’s true even for patients who want a very natural look. In fact, while they have a little bit of swelling remaining, they usually like this. ![]() But three to five days afterwards, they’re very happy. The day afterwards, they may be even more concerned because their lip is a little more swollen. Some patients get afraid the night after the procedure, because they’re a little too swollen, and they look a little bit unnatural. Three to five days afterwards, there’s still a little bit of swelling, but the swelling is down and that’s when my patients tend to really like things. Then the day after the procedure, there’s often a bit more swelling. You may have some swelling the day of the procedure. Trauma creates swelling, and areas that have a lot of blood vessels get more swollen. The combination of the blood vessels and the glands creates swelling. Usually the procedure involves putting a needle or a cannula in the lip with some trauma to the lip. So what can you expect the day of the procedure? What patients want to know is what can they expect afterwards? Here’s a guide. I do a lot of lip injections and many patients today love full, voluptuous lips. I get asked a lot of questions about lip filler swelling stages and timelines.
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