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swelling on upper lip

swelling on upper lip

i was playing football and i happened to cut my upper lip on the inside pretty bad.When it happened the size of my lip was very much normal.After i had gotten stitches the lip swelled up pretty bad a couple hours later.I was wondering if the swelling is only temporary and if there is anything i can do to reduce the swelling?I also wanted to know the length of time in which it takes for it to start healing up?
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Gross swelling will diminish over the next week or so.  Occasionally, scar tissue persists within the lip and requires additional treatment.  If this were to occur, I would not treat the area for six to nine months from now to allow full maturation to maximize additional treatment results.
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