Can I drink alcohol after lip augmentation?

Before enlarging the lips using fillers, each patient must definitely study all the indications and contraindications for the procedure. Many people wonder whether it is possible to drink alcohol before and after lip augmentation, is it harmful? Consider this issue in detail.

Alcohol before fillers

In this matter, the position of cosmetologists is clear - if you decide to resort to this procedure, you hope for an excellent result, then it is better to reinsure yourself and not drink alcohol either before or after the introduction of fillers.

The thing is that, despite the fact that the procedure is carried out by a cosmetologist, it already refers to plastic surgery, since fillers are injected into the soft tissues. Although minimal, it is still an intervention in the body that can lead to unexpected (and not always pleasant) consequences.

Before conducting the procedure, it is necessary to adhere to such rules:

1. Drink strong alcohol at least 3-4 days before the procedure, weak - one day. There are several reasons for this rule. Alcohol promotes tissue dehydration, and puffiness can occur later, because after dehydration, the body begins to diligently fill up fluid loss. Also, alcohol helps to increase blood pressure - in turn, this can lead to bruising at the injection sites.
2. You can not eat spicy, spicy, as well as salty dishes - they provoke puffiness.
3. You can not do peeling at the lips, so as not to injure the skin once again.

Alcoholic drinks after three days after injections can not be consumed for the same reason as before the procedure.

In addition, it must be borne in mind that not all patients feel fine after libations the day before. It is possible that a person will feel dizzy, the blood will clot poorly, and traces of micro-punctures will heal much longer. Rehabilitation will not be as smooth as if the patient refused to drink before and after lip augmentation.

Due to the fact that alcohol promotes the expansion of blood vessels, the hyaluron may not “fit” as we would like - it may be not enough volume, or the lips will be uneven. Drinking alcohol before the procedure can also cause anxiety in the patient - and this will significantly interfere with the work of a specialist. Moreover, you should not drink immediately before the procedure to calm. The best way to calm down in this case is to take a couple of deep breaths before inserting the needle into the soft tissue.

Alcohol after the introduction of fillers

The procedure itself is very expensive, and if you do not want your money spent not to be thrown to the wind, it is better to sacrifice dubious pleasure and not drink alcohol.The specialist will also be sure to warn that taking alcohol after the introduction of fillers can be unpredictable.

Reasons to give up alcohol after lip augmentation

Some aspects have already been considered, but this is far from all the reasons why drinking alcohol is not worth it. Alcohol has an anesthetic effect, as decay products tend to block pain receptors in the brain. So maybe it’s still worth a little drink “for courage”? No. The reasons are as follows.

1. If you drink alcohol after the procedure, hyaluronic acid and other fillers tend to break down, being absorbed into the tissue and gradually passing into the intercellular fluid. That is, the effect is reduced, and your puffy lips that you so dreamed about will cease to be like that.
2. Ethanol has the ability to dry the skin. After the procedure, this is extremely undesirable, since crusts form on the puncture site, they will be very dry, the lips will begin to crack, which can subsequently provoke an infection.
3. Also, alcohol has the property of provoking an increase in blood microcirculation, it is also undesirable after the procedure, because bleeding can occur.

In general, during the recovery period, experts do not recommend eating and drinking hot because it stimulates the flow of blood - but the place where the puncture was made is already inflamed. If the vessels expand, then bruises may appear, tissue swelling will increase.

What complications may arise?

If you like to drink, you don’t see anything wrong with this and after lip enlargement, remember: the effect of the procedure will not follow. Of course, you can refer to the incompetence of a specialist, but this is not so - in this situation, only your fault is that you could not get any result from the injections.

Consider what negative consequences can be expected if you decide to mark the end of the procedure by drinking a couple of cocktails:

• bruising at the puncture site;
• severe swelling of the tissues;
• the need to repeat the procedure due to lack of result;
• the occurrence of allergic reactions;
• the result after the introduction of the filler will not last long;
• an inflammatory process may develop;
• it is also likely that the gel may tear away.

What to do if drinking alcohol cannot be avoided?

Everything happens in life - meetings of classmates, anniversaries, weddings - to drink a glass of champagne may just seem inappropriate. If you do not want the consequences not to be sad, in this situation there is only one way out: drink as little as possible, and only weak alcoholic drinks. For snacks, it is also important to choose unsalted, non-spicy foods - so as not to aggravate the situation, since such foods also tend to provoke swelling, which is not advisable after the introduction of fillers.

Swelling appeared: what to do?

If in the morning you look in the mirror and see that your lips are swollen, you do not need to panic right away. The situation can be saved by following a few rules after drinking yesterday:

1. Again, we exclude salty, spicy, fatty.
2. No need to drink a lot of water - this can significantly aggravate the situation.
3. Try to eat as many vegetables as possible on this day - the fiber that they contain will help remove excess water without harm.
4. A cold compress can be applied to the edematous places.
5. Drink a diuretic: it's better to let it be an herbal collection.

If even a couple of days after you drank alcohol, nothing helps, the swelling persists, the only way out is to seek the help of a cosmetologist who did the procedure for you. It may be necessary to remove the filler so as not to aggravate the situation.

Therefore, from all the above, only one conclusion can be drawn: if you do not want to create problems for yourself, you intend to get the perfect result and leave it for a long time: it is better to refuse to drink alcohol after injecting fillers on the lips.

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