Wassup guys, unfortunately on Dec 24th I got my lip bit by my mom's small shih-tzu dog. He sliced my upper lip pretty good, and immediately got 2 stitches in at the E.R

Per doctor's order's I got the stitches removed 1 week later, and today it officially marks 1 month from the incident.

I have this raised scar on that portion of my lip right now, it doesn't look like a bad ass white line going into my lip, it just looks like this fricken' bump on there which has affected my self-confidence so much brehs.

It's affected my social life a little bit, my mental health ever since it happened and don't want it to affect my long-term relationship with my girl because now I feel like i'm a downgrade to her or that she deserves maybe someone without this lip bump.

I also feel like maybe I am being too harsh on myself since it has only been 1 month but idk, just been all over the place mentally since then and just needed to vent a lil..

any suggestions for post-scar help to reduce the size of hypertrophic scars or any healing journey stories? Thanks brehs

Think you might be overexaggerating just a tad bit bro

I have a scar along my smile line that is so insignificant I have to tell people myself that I got it bc they never notice or ask. my mom stressed over this more than I did bc it was a post-surgery scar that doctors told me will heal on its own and it never did. you'll be fine slime

Have you looked into using scar creams? To help reduce the scarring part of tissue

sounds bad ass

I think so too bro,

I should be grateful for so much, that I'm still able to walk and breathe and limbs, and no super bad health issue, but this small bump has literally taken over 85% of my mental headspace since I got it,

I sound hella vane lmaooo

thanks for sharing your story brotha,

was the scar ever raised and swollen at first? and if so, how was that healing journey for you..also what happened if you don't mind me asking

pics?

yea, been using Mederma on and off since I got the scar.

Haven't really seen it do much progress but idk if it's too soon to even say that, today marks the 4th week since it's happened

wish I could show you guys pics dk how to post em on here

how you do how you do that?

I'm gonna post 2 or 3

upload to imgur and then paste the link with a ! in front of it on here

I can only hope it starts looking bad ass soon and not like a distracting bump smhh

You worried people gonna do this when they see you or something?

it was for a bit yeah, I dont think I used anything outside of what they gave me at the hospital. it was back in 2007, a looooong time ago. it is flat now, at least as flat as it can be, I can still feel it

as far as what happened one of my zits got too crazy so we had to cut it. it was supposed to be quick and not super deep, but instead I got that scar. im not mad though since its literally never been brought up to me as some sort of negative

yeah by now it probably looks like a bad ass little feature now

glad to hear it healed well bro

mmm, I know it's not that noticeable for people to just always do that

I'm more worried about my self-confidence and how good I feel in my own skin

Post your lips!!

pause?

put some makeup on

That dog getting put down I hope

i feel you broski

hope it heals well for you. one day its gonna be your signature look so look at it that way

lmao on buddha😭

its actually barely noticeable on pics, I just checked. I like to tell ppl I got it fighting 30 cops or 11 dogs or whatever the f*** you'll be fine g but if you feel like looking into creams that reduce it then its cool too

thanks for saying that Dave! thats what I'm hoping for too brotha! Just want it to go down in raised level you know, i'm fine with a scar just don't want a bump if that makes sense

Damn you a b****

imgur.com/a/UoAGvRq