Please keep in mind that you're very very fortunate to almost not have it on your bottom lip. Although i understand that having it on your top lip may be annoying, its practially invisible to people, so I imagine you worry about people staring at it much less then many others EC sufferers.
Sorry for my rant but i read it nearly took over your life, while you have it mostly on your top lip, which is a situation i envy to some extent.