After a really long time hesitating, I got lip surgery.
The consultation was formal and brief, and they were not very kind either.
The surgery cost was also more expensive than I expected, and one year later, the effect is almost gone.
Still, every time I opened my mouth, my lips used to twist crookedly, and they have regained some stability. No one can tell I had lip surgery, so I’ve decided to be satisfied with just not ending up with messed-up lips. I still have a dull feeling in my lips.
The manager said the swelling would go down in a week, and on the day of surgery, in the clinic’s own promotional video broadcast at the front desk, the director himself appeared and advertised that you could even eat a hamburger after being discharged on the day of surgery, but it hurt far more than I expected, to the point that I was panicking and even water was dripping out of my mouth, and it was hard to speak. The swelling also lasted about a month... it was a surgery with a long recovery.