Middle of bottom lip won't move down after chin implant

[Krista1222]

I had a chin implant a week ago today and since then I have had a strange lisp and noticed that when I smile, the middle of my bottom lip dosn't move down.  When I talk my bottom lip hardly moves at all, and that is what is causing my lisp.  What is weird is that the part that won't move isn't numb compared to the rest of my lower jaw.  Is this nerve damage or muscle damage and is it permanent?  Is this normal?

[seroma]

I'm not a Doctor but am a researcher and have had temporary paralysis on 2 different occasions. First after cheekbone impants whereby one side of my entire lower face was paralyized and was like Bells palsy syndrome. It lasted almost 3 months and was terrifying to say the least. I would tickle the skin and lightly massage and use all of my will to get it back and it did fully return thankfully. The second time was last year with a lower face lift with platysmal plication (the neck bands) and my left lower lip wouldn't move and made talking smiling eating etc wierd! So I fully understand your nervousness and anxiety over this complication. To help balance my lip paralysis in my left lower lip my PS gave me tiny bit of Btox on the right side to at least balance it till it came back. Well it came back in about 2 months but where the botox was injected still hasn't! It was a teeny tiny spot on my chin where he placed it and so now it is slightly imbalancd from the botox! Its been over a year but apparantly botox in the chin can last a long long time because the muscles there are used often. I see it just now starting to come back where the botox went. The problem side came back a lonbg time ago!! I do know that it nearly ALWAYS returns and it is simply due to trauma and swelling pressing on a nerve it causes this temporary paralysis. Be sure to keep in close contact with your surgeon for the best evaluation and your best ally. You may not know whether it is a permanent thing for many months but more than likely it will return to normal within about 2 months. If it hasn't come back after 3 months you maybe should also see a nerve specialist. Don't worry as much as possible, as stress is the worst thing for healing so try to be positive, warm compresses to get blood flow and circulation feels nice too and may help. Unless your surgeon actually cut the nerve which is extremely rare for a good board certified, well referred Plastic surgeon to do, it will come back!! Best of luck to you!
Seroma

[seroma]

Hir Krista, Thank you for nice note I was unable to reply using the Notes I am on my Blackberry and use javascript on it as it is too large of an app.
Wow Krista thank God! Or whomever you thank! That is great news indeed. I've had a couple of complications myself as I told u already plus other ones that were really freaky and mysterious and I basically had to lead my Dr through my treatments because he didn't even know why I had some of my strange healing issues, but I always ended up healing and while some surgeries were not the perfect results I had hoped for, they did make improvements, even when I had horrible disfiguring complications I had to overcome! So, time does seem to heal all wounds, and feeding your cells proper nutrients and keeping your bodys' PH in an alkaline state so that your body can actually use the nutrients u feed it.. Hey if you are on my space and are curious, I have pics posted from my most recent surgery a week ago Monday Aug. 31st.at http://www.myspace.com/lynnchase
Would love to c ur b4 n after pics too if u care to share that is. also, If u are on my space add me as a friend.:-)
Seroma

[seroma]

Sorry, when I wrote about the teeny bit of Botox in my chin, I meant to say the muscles in your chin are NOT used often and I saw I left out the word NOT, which of course changed the entire meaning! Sorry! -Seroma