This is a followup to my "numbness after top surgery" question.What are other ways to get rid of neuroma or scar tissue pain?

Scar therapy is the same as other surgical procedures. Silicon gel and silicon sheets can be used to control scarring. Products such as BioCorneum, Scarguard and others are useful. On occasion we will use a laser treatments to diminish the redness of scars. #pain #scar

Hello,Often this pain will resolve by 6 months after surgery. Massage can help and often using oils or creams over the area along with light massage helps the most. Be sure to have your surgeon look at this area so he/she can best guide you in treatment. All the best in your recovery, Dr. BlaggAustin, TX

. . . especially with scarring, which this sounds like it is (although it is not indicated how far out from surgery you are). Very few procedures in the world of plastic surgery are designed to address pain, including excising neuromas, especially as these (in your case) are likely tiny skin nerves (which also can lead to "referred pain" away from the incisions), and/or scarring in general, which signficantly matures over 6-12 months (as indicated by resolution of thickness/redness on the outside). If you are more than 6 months post-op and still highly irritated, an anti-nerve-inflammation medical treatment such as Neurontin (generally prescribed by neurologists) may be of benefit.  Hope this helps!

So Sorry to hear about your discomfort, pain like this can be very frustrating and debilitating.  It can be frustrating for your surgeon as well, because there is no blood test, or X-ray to exactly diagnose and treat the problem.  Oftentimes these types of things need some time to resolve on their own.  Nerves get irritated from surgery but after 3, 6, 12 months they can recover.  A neuroma occurs when a nerve is injured and tries to "grow back" but in the process forms a big scar of nerve tissue.  This can be extremely painful.  The way to treat this is to try and locate the area and numb it up with lidocaine.  If the pain resolves with this test, then exploratory surgery may be warranted to search for the neuroma and remove it.  Medications such as Neurontin can also help with these sorts of pains.  I hope your pain improves, best of luck.  "The above answer has been given without seeing this patient and cannot be substituted for actual in-person examination and medical advice; it is only opinion. Seek in-person treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."

Postoperative pain that goes beyond the healing phase can be the result of injury or irritation to critical nerves. Fortunately with time. Most of this pain will resolve. However, when it does not, it becomes very difficult problem to treat. Surgery can be a solution, however, the surgeon often cannot see the nerves, which are causing the pain and therefore does not have the ability to guarantee that the pain will be relieved with surgery.I hope this helps you to understand this problem.