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@maria61

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone else has had the Vermilionectomy recently as I would like to hear about their recovery. I had the procedure performed a month ago and am finding it to be a slow healing process mainly on the inside of my lip. I had the stitches out after 16 days and my lip looks quite good on the outside although it is numb to a degree. It's the inside that is most sensitive. I am still finding eating and talking to be difficult as I can't open my mouth fully and the inside area is sort of hard and swollen. I hear it can take up to 4 months to recover fully but there isn't much information about recovery so I would appreciate to hear of anyone else's recovery. Thanks,
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Hi @maria61, I’m tagging @marshaj @mizlynnie who are a year or two out from having had a vermilionectomy and can share their experiences.

Maria, I can also edit your post to change cm to mm if you like 🙂

Recovery does take time and anything inside our mouth feels so much larger doesn’t it? Was it recommended to work with a speech pathologist during recovery to help with talking and eating?