Hi,
I know it's been a while since anyone posted here but I just thought I would add my experience in case it is helpful to people in future. I had quite a big venous lake in the centre of my lower lip. I live in the UK and was refered to a consultant at the hospital by my Dentist. I had previously asked a GP about it but was told that it is just one of those things and nothing they could do so I had lived with it for several years. I went to see the Oral Maxillo-Facial consultant at the hospital and he recommended that I have surgery.
I had the procedure done on the NHS in January and had the stiches removed a week later. The procedure was very quick, less than 30 mins but I did have quite a lot of stiches right down my lip. It is now 5 weeks since the op. It was uncomfortable for a few days but the swelling went down quickly and it was no where near as bad as I was anticipating. It has healed really well and I am so pleased with the result. I do have a scar right down the centre of my lip but you'd really have to look hard to see it and I feel like it is still improving. I'm so pleased I had it done :)
Good luck to everyone having treatment, hope you all get a good result.
Jen
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Hi,
February 22, 2012 - 8:09amI know it's been a while since anyone posted here but I just thought I would add my experience in case it is helpful to people in future. I had quite a big venous lake in the centre of my lower lip. I live in the UK and was refered to a consultant at the hospital by my Dentist. I had previously asked a GP about it but was told that it is just one of those things and nothing they could do so I had lived with it for several years. I went to see the Oral Maxillo-Facial consultant at the hospital and he recommended that I have surgery.
I had the procedure done on the NHS in January and had the stiches removed a week later. The procedure was very quick, less than 30 mins but I did have quite a lot of stiches right down my lip. It is now 5 weeks since the op. It was uncomfortable for a few days but the swelling went down quickly and it was no where near as bad as I was anticipating. It has healed really well and I am so pleased with the result. I do have a scar right down the centre of my lip but you'd really have to look hard to see it and I feel like it is still improving. I'm so pleased I had it done :)
Good luck to everyone having treatment, hope you all get a good result.
Jen
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