Best advice to reduce swelling after lip lift surgery?
×
4 Reasons Why Ask DoctorBase™ is the Most Efficient Way to SEO and Establish Your Brand Online
- Ask DoctorBase™ is a free service for patients on the DoctorBase platform - currently servicing over 6 million American patients of record.
- All answers submitted by healthcare professionals (you) are for entertainment purposes only and do not constitute doctor-patient relationships. All patients must agree to this before using Ask DoctorBase™.
- Our software and our Marketing Engineering staff review each answer and optimize your answers for keywords valuable to your specialty. It is a well kept secret that doctors (you) - not SEO consultants - are the ones who have the most valuable content prized by search engines. Ask DoctorBase™ "unlocks and optimizes" your content in the most efficient manner possible with today's technology.
- Finally, the doctor who provides the most popular answer - "the Featured Answer," gets an added benefit by allowing patients to write rave reviews about your expertise - reviews that are submitted to both Google and Google Local through our Preferred Data Provider relationship.
Ask Dr. Molly if you have questions or want a personal session on how to best use Ask DoctorBase™ for maximum marketing impact.
Swelling
Find low drug prices at local & online pharmacies
1 UpVoted this answer
Speak with your surgeon and consider arnica, bromelain, and ice. Stay elevated as well.
Cooling with frozen peas in a ziploc bag on the area immediately after the procedure and continue for 2 days. Apply for 20 minutes once or twice an hour. Arnica Montana both topically and orally can help. Bromeline is also helpful.
Anti-inflammatory agents such as Arnica and Bromelein can be very effective, and should ideally be started 2 weeks prior to your surgical procedure.
The use of ice slushes, slurries, Popsicles and assorted frozen treats can help to minimize the swelling while giving you a comfort treat.
To create a more functional cold compress, the packs of green peas frozen make for excellent compresses.
The use of ice slushes, slurries, Popsicles and assorted frozen treats can help to minimize the swelling while giving you a comfort treat.
To create a more functional cold compress, the packs of green peas frozen make for excellent compresses.
Ice packs and elevation should be your best bets.
Keep your head elevated above your heart. Using ice early on can be helpful. Taking herbal supplements like arnica may lack conclusive scientific proof, but anecdotally many patients and doctors think they work. Also, avoid things that can contribute to bleeding like high heart rate or blood pressure from over activity, and blood thinners like ibuprofen and alcohol for a week or two after surgery.