I had a breast reduction 4 weeks ago. This breast was very swollen so my surgeon performed a second surgery to drain the old blood. I am 1 week post op from the second surgery. The right breast has super thin, clean scars but the left breast incision sites look really bad, thick and the spotting is bright red. The surgeon prescribed me silver sulfadiazine cream to apply to help with healing. Should I be worried?
September 3, 2016
Answer: It looks scary but it doesn't look infected. If you have spreading redness or increases in pain and drainage, an infection could be happening then. You should be followed regularly by your surgeon and you may need debriding of necrotic tissue to facilitate healing. If you wound progresses despite what you are doing, other causes must be entertained such as reaction to sutures (if different ones were used) or pyogenic granuloma. Otherwise you should see progressive improvement and you will eventually heal.
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September 3, 2016
Answer: It looks scary but it doesn't look infected. If you have spreading redness or increases in pain and drainage, an infection could be happening then. You should be followed regularly by your surgeon and you may need debriding of necrotic tissue to facilitate healing. If you wound progresses despite what you are doing, other causes must be entertained such as reaction to sutures (if different ones were used) or pyogenic granuloma. Otherwise you should see progressive improvement and you will eventually heal.
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September 2, 2016
Answer: Infection after breast reduction You have a healing problem but it does not look infected at this point but you will need wound care to get this to heal but it will take several weeks. The cream is to help keep the wound clean and not get infected and works well. Once the wound is healed and the scar has settled down, a scar revision could be done if needed. I would follow you doctors instructions and follow up the him weekly.
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September 2, 2016
Answer: Infection after breast reduction You have a healing problem but it does not look infected at this point but you will need wound care to get this to heal but it will take several weeks. The cream is to help keep the wound clean and not get infected and works well. Once the wound is healed and the scar has settled down, a scar revision could be done if needed. I would follow you doctors instructions and follow up the him weekly.
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