Forehead Lift. Peroxide on Stitches Caused Chemical Burn? Doctor Answers, Tips
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Forehead Lift. Peroxide on Stitches Caused Chemical Burn?

I had a forehead lift last week and my doctor told me to put hydrogen peroxide (3%) on my stitches 3x per day. I did and the next day, I had white oozing flesh across my forehead. The doctor insisted it wasn't a chemical burn and recommended that I use more peroxide on the burns. It just got worse. Now I'm being treated at Kaiser for the chemical burn. Is this normal to recommend that patients put hydrogen peroxide on fresh forehead lift stitches 3x per day?

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by askquestion2
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Forehead lift - use of peroxide

Peroxide in the over the counter 3% strength should not cause a burn. I recommend irrigating the peroxide off with saline to prevent skin irritation.
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Forehaed

Hydrogen peroxide is a tissue oxidizer. However, I too am unfamiliar of chemical burns originating from H2O2.
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Hydrogen perroxide

Never heard or seen a burn from hydrogen perroxide, even on fresh wounds. Make sure of what was used

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Wendsong 24 Aug 2012
Years ago (40+) HP was commonly used to "clean" wounds, but since it actually damages (burns) raw skin, which slows the healing process, doctors recommended that it not be used on raw wounds. My doctor gave me a prescription ointment for the stitches. However he did use it to clean the blood off to remove my forehead stitches. Weeks later he recommended HP twice a day. I used it once and it softened the skin some, but I found that valseline softened it more and allowed the dead skin cells where the stitches had been to slough off.

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