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First day of advanta
Got the advanta lip implant on December 10, 2001 (Yesterday as I write this), and Dr. Salzman was very pleased. He kept telling Janet (his nurse) and me "this really makes a nice lip". This was his first time using this very new, very soft implant. Like a shoestring made of marshmallow. He implanted ultrasoftform once before, but the patient didn't give him much feedback. I guess she was satisfied or she would have said something.
Heres pic from the first day (above). You can see it's starting to swell.
January 1, 2002; The Final Results!
Here they are! Nice and full and plump. I'm very pleased with the results. Swelling is gone, of course, and this is PERMANANT! There is some numbness, but nothing that is not to be expected. That is routine and unavoidable in any type of surgery. The only complication throughout this process, was that I had to go back twice to have the implant clipped back at the upper left corner. All other incisions (there are four in all) healed within three days. Because this is new (and I was my doctors guinea pig), we didn't know how much to use and there was two much on that side. It's fine now. I never had an infection nor any other complications. My lips got very dry, but I used triple antibiotic ointment on them to keep the moisture in. The doctor also had me on a prophalactice prescription of Keflex. There was a front/no makeup picture, but when I got to looking at it, I had this snarl thing going that I didn't like, so I'll add one at a later date. Probably lots of things I've forgotten as well!! Please forgive my inability to properly use lipliner - I'm still new at this!
July, 2002; Not so final after all...
I unfortunately experienced "shrinkage" with the implants. The top one shank evenly to the middle leaving taking the plumpness out of the sides. The bottom however, shrank and shifted to the left, creating assymatry. Plumpness on the left and thinner lip on the right.
While this is apparantly rare, it did happen to me. A new piece was implanted in the bottom and as of April 2003, and this one "took" just fine. However, I chose not to replace the top. I had decided to use some type of injectable for the "Final Touch" in my lip journey. Click on My Silicone to see how it's going
By popular demand: What an implant can and cannot do
An implant can give added fullness to a flatter lip cause by the aging process or a liplift. (think of stretching out those smoker or age lines).
An implant CANNOT give you huge poufy lips.
A little reminder to practice moderation...
 ...and taste.
Please feel free to email any questions or comments.
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