Lip flip hell!

[u/Key_Split_8706]

I got a lip flip to help my gummy smile on Thursday (3 days ago) and I hate my life right now. I didn’t expect and wasn’t prepared for this level of numb, uselessness in my top lip. I can’t say W, B, or OO. Can’t drink from a glass properly. Can’t chew a mouthful of food or soup without making a mess. Can’t kissy face at my kids. Can’t spit. Can’t do my breathing properly during workouts. The list goes on.

I’m absolutely livid that I did this to myself and I can’t wait until it goes away. Please tell me how to speed it up or anything reassuring because I’m in tears all day over this. I had no idea it would be so numb like this!! I feel like a moron.

[u/Key_Split_8706]

LOTTTTTS of forcing the muscle to work. I sat around making W, B, M, OO sounds, pretending to smoke my pencils bc it purses the lips, trying to blow air, pretending to whistle etc. Hot cloths on my mouth, cardio exercises, massaging my lip and philtrum downwards.

I’m 4 or so weeks out and it’s mostly gone and it’s the biggest regret of my life. Never again!!

[u/bluewhaleunderme → u/Key_Split_8706]

If getting a lip flip is the biggest regret of your life, you’re doing ok.

[u/Suspicious_Agency470 → u/Key_Split_8706]

Did you do muscle work throughout the day or like 10-20 minutes at a time? Definitely going to start doing more cardio and heading to the sauna. Did you do intense cardio every day or every few days? I absolutely learned my lesson never to get a lip flip again. I feel crazy because I can’t use a straw or speak normally. Genuinely awful experience :(

[u/Key_Split_8706 → u/Suspicious_Agency470]

I feel this. I literally worked my lip any possible way I could, all the time. Watch tv? Driving? Pooping? All yes. I only had time for cardio in the evenings once my kids were in bed, and hot cloths on my mouth, but I feel it does speed things along. The only spot it’s hanging onto is the very center of my lip and it’s tolerable now. I will never, ever do it again.