If you have significant bruising that lasts longer, or bruising outside of your lips, see your doctor immediately. Pain, redness or itchiness at the injection site is also normal, and should be mild. If you experience severe pain, redness or itching, or pain outside of the lip area, see your doctor.
Bruising may occur if an artery or blood vessel has become blocked due to filler injection. Bruising may range from a blue discoloration to a dusky purple-grey appearance. Swelling is likely to occur in and around the injection site if vascular obstruction is present, and may range from mild to severe.
Patients tend to report that lip swelling is the worst the first day after their injection, particularly in the morning. Swelling should go down within 2–3 days after your lip filler treatment, and should subside completely within 2 weeks post-treatment.
The third day after your lip filler appointment is when you'll start to get an idea of what your lips will look like. You should start to feel more comfortable as the swelling should be gone, and it should feel much more normal and comfortable eating and talking.
The hyaluronic acid in the filler binds with the skin's natural water supply, temporarily puffing up and swelling until the body reestablishes its natural balance. Again, the swelling is generally temporary and in most cases, lasts only a day or two.
A) Vascular occlusion usually causes some pain or discomfort, but may only manifest itself by the appearance of blanching, bluish discoloration, or mottling of the skin. Anything that seems unusual even hours after dermal filler injection should be reported immediately to your treatment provider.
The two primary diagnostic symptoms of vascular occlusion are pain and changes in skin color. Immediate, severe, and disproportionate pain and acute onset of color changes – blanching (or white spots/blotches) – are an indication of arterial occlusion.
There have been cases reported that occurred 12-24 hours after being injected but almost always it occurs immediately. If no treatment is initiated to improve the vascular flow, the skin will start to appear dusky, a bluish tint, with fine reticulations (lace like) to areas WELL BEYOND THE SITE OF INJECTION.
Your lips look like they have been stung by a bee.
You may have too much dermal filler injection if your lower lip can no longer touch your upper lip. As a result, your lips may appear too big and not proportional.
Common short-term side effects after a lip injection that you can expect are swelling, bruising, pain or tenderness, itching, lumpiness, or numbness. Applying an ice pack or ice cubes wrapped in a cloth gently on your lips can ease most of these side effects.
You can expect some swelling in your lips after the procedure. You may also notice some small red spots where the needles were injected into your lips. Bruising around the lips is another common side effect, which may last about a week.
Answer: Necrosis vs bruising
Necrosis often has white AND flushed areas. What you have appears to be just normal bruising. Necrosis is often accompanied by terrible pain as well, as you can feel that the blood isn't circulating properly.
Most commonly, only a vein is ruptured and a bruise is the only consequence. However, it is also possible to rupture an artery during facial injections. This can lead to more significant bleeding and bruising. Accidental injection of fillers into an artery can be a serious complication of dermal fillers.
The cream/white appearance of the skin is known as blanching and is the result of pressure placed on the loop arterioles in this superficial skin. This may take a little practice to get right in the beginning. Massage may help reduce any excessive placement of the filler.
It is important to note that while necrosis is a very real and serious complication of dermal filler treatments, actual occurrences are quite rare. Reports suggest that for all dermal filler treatments, only 1 in 100,000 result in a necrosis.
Although very rare, this is one of the most severe complications that can occur as a result of dermal fillers. Necrosis can occur immediately or a few hours after treatment.
Try to avoid salty foods for a few days after getting a filler treatment to avoid swelling. Also stay well hydrated by drinking plenty of water. This will flush out the salt from your system, which will in turn reduce the risk of swelling.
While fillers are a non-invasive procedure, all cosmetic treatments will come with some side effects, namely, swelling. Whilst post-filler swelling is entirely normal and should be expected, it can be worrying if you're new to the world of injectables.
The third day after your lip filler appointment is when you'll start to get an idea of what your lips will look like. You should start to feel more comfortable as the swelling should be gone, and it should feel much more normal and comfortable eating and talking.
Answer: Swelling 4 days later
It is definitely not unusual to have swelling 4 days post injections! We always tell our patients to wait 2 weeks for lips to fully settle and heal. Swelling can last a while. If it continues after 2 weeks, make an appointment to see your injector for a follow-up.
Lumpiness is very common to feel in your skin in the days after injection of dermal filler into the face, including the upper lip body and the cheeks and the chin area and along wrinkles and folds when injected to lift these. It will usually resolve within a couple of weeks.
Lips can become swollen if fluid builds up in the skin tissue or if there is underlying inflammation. This causes them to appear larger than usual.