My PS did not put surgical tape over the wounds of my BL and TT. He just advised me to clean it and put gauze over it and secure it with tape. I read a lot about placing tape over the wounds to help secure them and I did. But two days later I did not feel that the tape was on correctly and when I removed it from my breast the dissolvable stitches came right off. I am 14 days post op. Will this affect the healing and apperance of the wound? I'm concerned about removing the tape from the TT.
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Hello and thank you for your question. I would say that probably the best thing to do after surgery is to only take the pain medications as prescribed by your surgeon. If they are not doing the thing, then you should return to him for advice on what else might work.
