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How To Get Rid Of Huge Hard Ball Inside Of My Upper Lip?

I fell and my face hit my dresser and my teeth went through my upper lip and my face was cut. I received 6 stitches on my lip/face across the vermillion border that I had removed 2 months ago and one stitch that dissolved inside of my upper lip. I was left with a decent scar line that healed quite nicely and straight but there is a huge hard ball inside of my upper lip where the stitches were. It's the size of a marble and I want to know if it is just scar tissue or something more and if it will dissolve over time. You can't see it from the outside unless I smile very big and you look closely, it protrudes a tiny bit. It's more annoying than anything feeling this huge ball inside my upper lip!
Wed, 23 Jul 2014
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,  's  Response
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The hard ball kind of structure could be because of the stitches or secondary to the trauma. It can be secondary to fibrosed wound healing or it can be a fibroma or fibrosed mucocele. Consult a oral physician and get it ruled out. If it is a fibrosed tissue then it takes some time to become normal(months). if it is increasing in size then get it surgiically removed.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.

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How To Get Rid Of Huge Hard Ball Inside Of My Upper Lip?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The hard ball kind of structure could be because of the stitches or secondary to the trauma. It can be secondary to fibrosed wound healing or it can be a fibroma or fibrosed mucocele. Consult a oral physician and get it ruled out. If it is a fibrosed tissue then it takes some time to become normal(months). if it is increasing in size then get it surgiically removed. I hope my answer will help you, take care.