There are two kinds of cleft lip: congenital unilateral cleft lip and congenital bilateral cleft lip.
Surgical correction should be the main treatment for congenital unilateral cleft lip. However, there are different opinions about when to perform cleft lip repair. Most people think that this kind of operation can be done later, but some people argue that the operation should be done within 48 hours after the child is born. However, from the health point of view, if it is unilateral incomplete cleft lip, it is best to perform surgery after the patient has developed to a considerable extent or after weaning. For unilateral complete cleft lip, surgery should be performed as early as possible to avoid poor breast sucking ability, resulting in dysplasia of children. Some people advocate surgical correction about 3 months after birth. As parents, mastering the nature of children's cleft lip and seeking medical treatment in time will have a great influence on the health and beauty of patients in the future. Generally speaking, children's surgery leaves fewer surgical traces than adult surgery, so don't let children with cleft lip lose a good treatment opportunity.
Another kind of congenital bilateral cleft lip is far more difficult to treat than unilateral cleft lip. If it is difficult to suck milk after birth, or if you can't suck milk because of cleft lip, you should have surgery as soon as possible. However, early surgery is generally difficult to achieve the purpose of beauty. Therefore, you can do general surgery first, only suture the cleft lip, so that the soft tissue can grow together, which is beneficial to sucking milk. On the other hand, you can gradually press the incisors back through the pressure of soft tissue. As for the irregular and unsightly places left on the lips after sewing, wait until the child reaches a certain age before performing the second plastic surgery.