Quote Originally Posted by Vinny View Post
Hey guys. . .since everyone is on this topic I have a question too. . .The other day I did a lil facial reconstruction myself, not too bad . . .took a lil chunk out of my lower lip. . .I know what I did wrong, which was a slight slide of the blade. . .The problem I encountered was stoping the bleeding. . . I used alum, septic, pressure. . .you name it but since it was a lil chunk and not a slice. . .well. . .just kept on bleeding. .. any ideers?
Sutures, probably 5-0 vicryl after wedging out the gouge with a 15 blade scalpel.

Both fortunately and unfortunately the lip is very vascular. If you took a large enough chunk out of it not much can stop that except repair, and or cautery.