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Bump on inside lip

For some time now I have had this little pimple like bump on the inside of my bottom lip. It doesn't look like a pimple. It's on the inside of the skin. It doesn't hurt, it's just there and it bothers me. I noticed after I had made out with my friend, and he had bit my lip several times.

Any ideas on what it could be?
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563773 tn?1374246539
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Hello,
Without examination,it is difficult to confirm a diagnosis,but from your description it looks like a mucocele.It is a rubbery, bubblelike painles swelling. It is usually inside the lower lip,under the tongue or the inside of mouth and caused mainly by biting the lips or trauma during eating of food.

Usually it goes away on its own.But if it does not,then corticosteroid injections and surgical removal by scalpel or laser are done by a dermatologist.It then has to be differentiated from other mucocutaneous lesions also.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.

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Mucocele.
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