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7 days P.O. breast lift and intense itching/burning, what can I do? (Photos)

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beachbum894Mar 15, 2018

I’m 7 days post op and my incisions are itching like crazy, steri-strips around the areola have been removed and that’s where it itches/burns the most (the ones underneath still on). No signs of infection but in a lot of discomfort. Took Benadryl in pill form and no help. What else can I do??

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