5/4 had a medial thigh lift where it has left me now w/2 open incisions in the upper thigh/groin area. doc said to put saline soaked gauze into one of the open holes.How long does this take to heal? noticed the other leg now has a little hole too.I’m becoming very discouraged & depressed. I am on 2 antibiotics, bractrim & cipro 2xday. They say this is normal. what can I do make them heal quicker and avoid it getting any bigger?? Is it really that common?Should I seek help elsewhere?
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Thanks for your question and photos.
Swelling following any type of surgery is common but after things like a thigh or arm lift can be significant. You certainly fall into this category. The thing we worry about the most when seeing such unequal swelling is a blood clot in the deep...
Hi there, as you know, irritation can be common after thigh lift due to the warm/moist nature of the groin. My first suggestion would be to assure that you don't have any rash or yeast infections going on near the incision lines or in the groin. You can take some Benadryl or over the...
Thank you for your question and sharing your pictures.First of all this procedures will do an improvement but will not make things perfect, your body did increase size in every single direction , and during this procedures we can cut in certain areas only, because of the blood supply. We can al...
