I had Mohs surgery immediately in front of my ear ten days ago and the scar is the length of my ear. Even though my ear wasn't touched, except for a teeny bit of the lobe, it feels like I have a finger in my ear, and sometimes I ache a lot below/behind my ear. My ear also feels really uncomfortable when I make certain facial movements. Is this normal and how long until the finger goes away?
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There are a number of reasons why there would be a scab within a scar 3 months after Mohs surgery. Sometimes a buried suture will extrude if it works its way to the surface of the skin. That is called suture extrusion or suture spitting. There could be an infection or there could be some...
Thank you for your question. After any surgical procedure, healing generally can continue to occur for several months until maturation of the scar and wound. This is typically reached by about one year after a surgery. Without seeing a picture, it would appear that your wound was either...
Swimming in a pool or hot tub is not recommended unless the wound is epithelialized, or else you risk infection of the wound. Raffy Karamanoukian, Los Angeles