Scars Treatment Q&A
73%
WORTH IT RATING
"Worth It Rating" shows the % of consumer reviewers
that stated the procedure was "Worth It" or not.
See more RealSelf Worth It Ratings
or Add Your Review
View Before and Afters
Average Scars Treatment Cost: $1,129
Learn about Scars Treatment
520 people and 196 doctors are talking about Scars Treatment
Get Free Email Updates
Excessive Bleeding After Punch Excision
asked 9 months ago by CocoPuf in Dania, FL
Latest answer by Benjamin Barankin, MD
Question viewed 75 times
Tags: bleeding, punch excision
After my procedure I got really sick. I guess the procedure upset my stomach. They just numbed my skin. My question is could the sutures have come undone due to vomiting and pressure to the skin? I bled a lot through the bandages but the bleeding eventually stopped. My surgeon was confident that it didn't, due to bandages and steri-strips. Now that the sutures have been removed my scars look like large craters and worst then pretreatment. Could that be the reason?
1 answer to Excessive Bleeding After Punch Excision
+1
Sutures rupturing
Sutures can rupture with too much movement (e.g. surgery near a joint), or if you are convulsing or vomitting which can increase intra-abdominal pressure. Unfortunately, sutures that rupture often lead to an unpleasant scar result and you may require a surgical scar revision in the near future.
