Lip filler and my lesson in self acceptance

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I have always had tiny lips and made the decision to have lip filler, I went to a clinic that were very well qualified, however the nurse I saw was very unpleasant. The moment she saw me she practically yelled out loud "You have no lips". I kinda told her that was why i was there. Anyway I found the whole process agony and very painful. They are pretty badly bruised today and very tender. I have made the decision that I'm just going to accept my small lips because they are a part of me after all, there is no way I would ever put myself through the pain of lip fillers again. In a way I'm glad that it's made me just realise stuff it, I'm ok as I am. I'll attach a photo of my lips today

Oh dear, I feel your pain.
i've always thought having my lips done would be extremely painful and, to make matters worse, a bit hit and miss regarding the results.

@SiobhanSharpe I always wanted mine done. I think different people will react differently and some people don't mind the pain element at all, but for me it's just a massive no no I'm afraid

They look sore op, I have wanted to have mind done too but to be honest have gone off the idea with a while. Hopefully they will heal ok for you and that doctor sounds awful you went to

The nurse sounds terrible.

Sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience. Did she not give you numbing cream beforehand? That and some paracetamol beforehand really makes a difference. Give them a week to settle down and they should look much better.

How can you go from no lips to those ? They are huge! How much did they inject??

They shouldn't have the scabs on them. Are they infected?

@HuggyWuggy she used numbing cream but to be honest I don't think it was left on for long enough.

@gunnersgold I had 0.5ml injected though they look incredibly swollen today

@redwaterbottle they look infected to me aswell. I've been applying arnica gel and it has helped with the swelling but I'm hoping the scabs will go in the next few days because I'm pretty self conscious about them

Funnily enough a friend has just had hers done and we were talking about it today, she said it was agony BUT it reduces after about a week so it should settle down. Is that a sore on your bottom lip?

Don't put Arnica on the sore bits, it's just for bruising not broken skin.

Owwww this looks so sore ☹️
Can you call them and send pictures I think you should have a refund

Next time, put some numbing cream on your lips beforehand an hour before along with paracetamol, then ask the practitioner to put some on when you arrive for at least 10 mins before. If that really is a scab, call the nurse back. Also, arnica tablets work well as opposed to the gel. How are you feeling now? If that really is a scab on your bottom lip, give the nurse a call...

Horrible to be humiliated when you're already feeling vulnerable. The technician behaved terribly.
I would seek some advice how to help them heal.
As an aside I was a teenager in the 90s and plucked my huge eyebrows to the super thin shape that was so popular. It looked horrendous. I always had regrowth and ingrown hairs which became spotty. I was so embarrassed by how they looked.
Now of course full eyebrows are fashionable and I have pleaded with my own teenage daughter to leave hers well alone.
Natural always looks best.
Hope you heal and move past this experience.

Poor you!
@Pamlar Agree with you. Hate it when medical professionals stick the knife in when it's taken a lot of the patient to put their insecurity aside and do something about it.
OP you should leave a public factual review online about the clinic and the nurse.

I am sorry this happened to you. I hope the swelling goes down.

Was she a registered nurse? You can report her to the NMC if needed. Sadly the term nurse is not a protected title. I’ve seen phlebotomists (non registered staff whose job it is to take blood) advertising as nurses and doing fillers. There was a recent debate in parliament about protecting the title nurse to only be allowed to apply to registered nurses exactly due to this, but our delightful government rejected it.

Poor you, they do look sore, what’s the ‘bubble’ in the bottom lip? I would get back in touch with the to ask how you can heal them safely.
I totally agree with self acceptance, I too had been toying with the idea of lip filler and Botox as I am 45 and can see the ageing on my face, but I have questioned doing it after reading about particles migrating from the injection site.

Small lips are fine. You have a small face.
Use advice from pp, ibroprufen and ice packs. No more fillers or similar. Embrace your natural look.

Terrible decision.

The swelling will go down op. The nurse sounds unprofessional, I would make a complaint if you weren't happy with the service you received.

Gosh I’m so sorry. That’s one of the reasons I can’t relate to people having cosmetic procedures or plastic surgery - due to illness/issues I’ve had to have a lot of procedures and surgery anyway and I couldn’t imagine shouldering the risk and discomfort or pain when I didn’t absolutely need to.

If it is infected can you see a doctor? It looks very painful and uncomfortable. Can you eat/drink ok?

I had lip filler years back and they blew up like the Kris Jenner episode on KUWTK. Never again lol.

Thanks for your responses everyone and sorry I haven't been able to reply to everyone individually. I have made a complaint about the nurse that I saw, from what i have seen on their reviews, it's not the first time it has happened. Thankfully they are a lot better today, the swelling has gone down. It's definitely something I will be steering clear of in the future though

And there’s nothing wrong with small lips. Or a small nose or small eyes or a big nose or lips or eyes! People are so desperate to look like everyone else that they can’t see how nice they look as themselves. I have thin lips and used to hate them but now my little girl has the same. When she smiles her top lip curls back and it’s so cute and funny, it makes her look really cheeky and mischievous. It’s part of her look.

I say this all the time on here (and I know some don’t agree) but I think basically all people look varying from basically pleasant to really nice. I’ve genuinely hardly ever seen someone who looks really ugly. And yet so many people are so so critical of themselves.

It's not a good photo, but the edges of the lip, especially the upper lip, look undefined and possible overfilled (out of proportion) top lip - even taking into account post injection swelling. It doesn't look like a good job.

Have you said how much you had injected and do you know what technique was used?

Ah 0.5.

That will subside in no time, especially if you haven't had lip filler before. I was worried about migration on the top lip, or something, but hopefully all now is well.