DEAR DR. GOTT: For the past seven or eight years, I have what has been identified as a venous lake. When it first appeared, I went to my dermatologist, and he cut it to let it bleed out. After that, my lip was swollen and uncomfortable for several weeks, but it seemed to disappear. Within six months, it was back again. I then went to a skin specialist. A few years later, he explained that tiny blood vessels slowly leaked blood into my lip. He recommended my lip be lasered, which he did three times in a row. This procedure did seem like a miracle, but again, within a short period of time, my lip pooled with blood. At that time, he told me that if the laser treatment didn’t work and it came back, my lip could not be lasered again. Well, it came back even larger than before. I no longer can conceal my lower lip with lipstick, and at this point I don’t know what to do. Do you have any recommendations?
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