I was in a horrible car accident on my bicycle, was hit at 30+ miles an hour, flown from the bike and my face scraped the concrete. When I regained consciousness, my lip was cut in half! My lip is the major problem, after having it operated on twice, both doctors did a horrible stitching job (theyre not beauticians).  My lip was left with a bump on it and is visible when I smile. It looks like I have a cleft lip! I feel disfigured, and am extremely self conscious about it. Sometimes it interferes with eating, and my teeth scrape it.  What can I do? Can I go to the emergency room to fix it? Cut off the excess flesh? I could bite it perhaps? These are the insane ideas Ive had to live with and contemplate. Could I also be suffering from head trauma? Or accident related trauma? Ive been in six car accidents in my life, three on bikes and I am deathly afraid of careless drivers.
Hello, The problem you are complaining of arises from an improper repair of the muscle inside your lip which is known as orbicularis Boris. Revision surgery entails a complete disruption of the repair, stitching the lip in 3 layers with resection of any mucosa that might occur in your case and with particular attention to repair of the orbicularis. Please visit a plastic surgeon for more details, there is no need to be depressed.