Had BA 4 days post. Placed through the nipple. Steri stops all around the nipple area and 2 big ones have formed. Called my doc and he said if they rupture just clean with water and keep area dry. But they seem to be growing. What should I do?
September 6, 2016
Answer: Blisters under my steri strips! 2 peanut M&M size ones; what should I do? Best to follow your operating surgeon's advice but I typically advise my patients to remove the steri strips and to cover the area of blistering with gauze and allow your body to heal. Good luck!
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September 6, 2016
Answer: Blisters under my steri strips! 2 peanut M&M size ones; what should I do? Best to follow your operating surgeon's advice but I typically advise my patients to remove the steri strips and to cover the area of blistering with gauze and allow your body to heal. Good luck!
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September 5, 2016
Answer: Blisters Around Steri Strips On Nipples - What Do I Do? The obvious answer to your question is to follow your plastic surgeon's advice. Each plastic surgeon has his or her own unique technique for dealing with post surgical problems.That being said, if you were my patient, I would have you gently remove the steri strips and place a piece of Opsite, a transparent film dressing, over the ruptured or unruptured blisters. This forms a man-made blister which keeps the blister fluid in contact with the raw dermis. You have lost the epithelium (top layer of skin). All surgeons, including myself, have put steri strips on in surgery which, due to swelling of the operated tissue plus the tightness with which steri strips hold things together, can at times lead to shearing forces which then lead to blisters. Blisters should not be broken if at all possible because the blister fluid encourages rapid creation of epithelium from dermis. That is to say, skin grows best in a moist environment.
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September 5, 2016
Answer: Blisters Around Steri Strips On Nipples - What Do I Do? The obvious answer to your question is to follow your plastic surgeon's advice. Each plastic surgeon has his or her own unique technique for dealing with post surgical problems.That being said, if you were my patient, I would have you gently remove the steri strips and place a piece of Opsite, a transparent film dressing, over the ruptured or unruptured blisters. This forms a man-made blister which keeps the blister fluid in contact with the raw dermis. You have lost the epithelium (top layer of skin). All surgeons, including myself, have put steri strips on in surgery which, due to swelling of the operated tissue plus the tightness with which steri strips hold things together, can at times lead to shearing forces which then lead to blisters. Blisters should not be broken if at all possible because the blister fluid encourages rapid creation of epithelium from dermis. That is to say, skin grows best in a moist environment.
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