Hi so about 2 years ago, i had a case of bacterial parotitis on my left parotid gland. I presented to the nearby hospital with swelling on my left parotid which had spread to under my chin giving me a double chin appearance. I had pain of the parotid, fever and difficulty opening my mouth. At the hospital, i had an ultrasound and they couldn’t find an abscess so i was sent home with a prescription for flucloxacillin. The antibiotics didn’t do anything for the swelling and 2 weeks later i had another check up at the hospital. I had another ultrasound done and this time they found an abscess which the surgeon drained using a needle after this i was prescribed a 1 month course of the antibiotics amoxicillin, metronidazole and ciprofloxacin following a culture done on the abscess. While the pain had disappeared and the swelling had pretty much gone done, I noticed that my left parotid had not fully returned to its original size and was slightly bigger than my right side. I discussed this with the surgeon and he said that it’s quite normal for there to be some residual inflammation and that it could take several months until it goes away. Fast forward to 2 years later and my left side parotid is still slightly bigger than my right side. There’s no other symptoms and it isn’t reducing my quality of life so this is purely cosmetic but i was wondering if this was a normal occurrence and if anything could be done to return my left parotid gland to its original size? I remember my surgeon saying something at the time about a steroid injection but this doesn’t feel like inflammation to me more like hypertrophic growth. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks