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Archive => Archives => Topic started by: amymeri on June 21, 2006, 05:47:11 pm
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Hi everyone,
I have been lurking for a couple weeks. I am 10 weeks post op complete removal of a 4cm tumor. My scar has mostly healed well but there is a portion that bothers me with stinging/stabbing/itching sensations and with a lingering tiny scab that won't heal. No drainage or anything.
I have to be careful that hats, scarves or glasses don't rub because that scabbed/sore spot is right behind my ear where the earpiece on glasses rest.
How long should I expect it to take for the scar to completely heal and toughen up? Following my docs instructions I wash it daily and don't put anythiing on it, touch it or anything,
Advice anyone?
Amy
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Hi Amy- Don't be afraid to contact your Dr. My scar took over a year to heal. 5 Months after my Translab , I finally went back to my Dr. I had a couple of hairs inside my incision.(I wore my hair short). Just a few weeks ago was my 1 years MRI, I still had a scab on my scar. My Dr. cleaned it out and said scar tissue had gotten into a hair follicle. He told my that incisions in the hair often do take a long time because they do get infected because of the hair folliclle.Good luck!luv2teachsped
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I'M 10 mos post op and my incision site is still tendar and itches. I just got home from the surgeons and he said it was healing I guess it just takes time for the tenderness to go away.
I'd take Jean's advice and have it checked. Better safe than sorry.
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Thanks for the input. I have my husband look daily and he says it looks good and dry and healing. My best friend is a doctor and she looked and thought it seemed fine, too. But when I tough it (and I try to avoid that!) it just feels like tender, smooth skin not dry scar. I see one of my docs pretty soon so I will have him look.
Infection and CSF leak freak me out, so I am a little paranoid.
Thanks for any and all input.
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it still bothers me to brush my hair on the surgery side....still tendar. :(
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I wear glasses, too and I finally took the arm off the glasses because it kept irritating my incision. Living on a boat in the tropics taught me how to prevent infections in cuts really well! You do NOT want to get an infection out at sea--would just spoil alla yer fun! Hydrogen peroxide and Neosporine! Just drip the peroxide onto the incision with an eyedropper or cotton ball till it quits bubbling and smoosh a fingerful of Neosporine on it. My friend Marge did this for me twice a day and it healed right up!
Captain Deb