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What's your opinion on the black scab on areola after surgery? (Photos)

LiviaAlmeida1985Feb 23, 2019
Hi. Is it normal? I underwent a breast reduction with implants 25 days ago. I got this big black scabs in my left areola and I am extremely concerned about the healing and if I will need another kind of procedure to fix that. I am in contact with my surgeon, who sees me every week, but I think I could use a second opinion on that. I started using bacitracin ointment 4 days ago. Does it usually heal by itself? It doesn’t hurt, no sign of infection at all. I wonder why it happened.

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Hello there I'm afraid it would take a careful examination , measurement and the details of your previous surgery with respect to implant details etc before I could give you an expert opinion .It's a complicated scenario and difficult to advise from photos .CheersTS

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