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, a naturally occurring substance in skin that attracts water. Because of this, lips typically become more hydrated after treatments, he explains. Wexler echoed Akhavan's explanation, adding most people say their lips feel moist because injections are like "an infusion of hyaluronic acid.
" With this in mind, dryness wouldn't make sense. After she told me this, I almost thought I was...making it all up. Akhavan believes the dryness could be due to sensitivity to the topical numbing cream he used to prep my lips. The stuff was so strong that I could barely feel the injection. With weaker formulas that I've used in the past, I could still feel a pinch., a board-certified dermatologist and clinical assistant professor of dermatology at New York University School of Medicine. "This is not a terribly common side effect that patients complain of, but patients who experience more lip swelling may be more prone to peeling or dryness, as well," she tellsswell up the day after I got the injections. My friends and I joked I looked like Kris Jenner after she had her allergic reaction on that iconic Dominican Republic vacation episode ofSwelling, as well as bruising, redness, and tenderness, are the most common side effects, Marchbein adds. All subside within a few days, though. The most logical explanation for the dryness she could come up with is this: “The lips can feel dry as the lips swell and stretch as a result of filler placement," Marchbein says. "As with an inflammatory reaction in the skin, the top layer of skin can subsequently be dry and peel."Wexler, who performed my lip injections the second time I got them done, came up with similar reasoning. After telling her the center of my lips tends to be the driest part, she concluded plumping this area took it from being an interior, wet part of my lip to an exterior, dry area that's exposed to air. "It's used to being moist," Wexler continues. "Now that we're lifting it outside of the mouth, maybe it's not used to the dry environment." This part of the plumping process changes the barrier function of the wet part of the lip, so you have to restore it with a lip balm to compensate for the lack of moisture, she adds. After about 28 days, which is the amount of time skin cells take to turnover, that exposed wet part of the lip should re-accommodate.Wexler came to this conclusion after I negated two of her other theories. Her initial one was lip licking, which causes dryness. "Sometimes, the bruising can be uncomfortable and cause you to lick them," she explains. I'm not a lip licker, though, so that possibility was eliminated. Her follow-up theory was increased usage of matte lipstick. "When people get their lips done, they tend to play with them more," she says. Because my lips become so painfully chapped, I tend to avoid lipstick at all costs, even though I really do want to play with fun shades. "Evencan be drying if they’re not made with a very emollient formula," Wexler adds. "Lip gloss is obviously different from a lip-moisturizing formula." So if you're experiencing dryness, too, you might want to consider what lip products you're using.Explanations for the dryness aside, I also inquired about the best ways to soothe it. Marchbein recommends frequently smearing on a "thick, bland ointment," like
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