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Sefra22

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Ingrown hair?
« on: January 29, 2010, 10:18:14 am »
I have a sore spot around my BAHA incision. My husband looked at it and said it looks like a pimple. I am thinking it may be an ingrown hair. Has any else experienced this?


Lisa
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Lisa from Portland, Maine age 46
Diagnosed June 2006
15mm X 17mm AN right side 80% hearing loss
GK March 14,2007 Dr. Noren, Providence RI
1 Year follow-up MRI shows "slight shrinkage".
2 Year follow-up MRI shows "No Change".
3 Year follow-up MRI "stable".
BAHA surgery 4-22-09 BP100 Sept. 2009

leapyrtwins

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Re: Ingrown hair?
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2010, 09:25:29 pm »
Lisa -

I haven't experienced this.  You may want to put bacitracin or neosporin on the sore spot, but if it doesn't get better you should probably call your doctor.

Jan
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Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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Re: Ingrown hair?
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2010, 10:24:50 pm »
Lisa,

I haven't experienced this either.  It could be an ingrown hair or a spitting suture (a suture that was supposed to dissolve but didn't).  I'd follow Jan's advice.  If it doesn't clear up in a few days, you should see your doctor.

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1.3 cm at time of diagnosis -  April 9, 2008
2 cm at time of surgery
SSD right side translabyrinthine July 25, 2008
Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
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