Still Have Scabs 6 Weeks Post-op? (photo)

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I had a breast lift with augmentation 6 weeks ago. It worries me that I still have two big scabs under my nipples where the incision meets the vertical incision. Is it normal that they still aren't falling off? Can I do something to help them fall off?

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

The scabbing at that area is very common after a breast lift, and the result you have from a limited perspective looks good and healthy.  The plastic surgeon can always give you the best assessment.

Jerome Edelstein, MD · Answer

Scabbing can still be present after 6 weeks. It's best to leave them alone. Picking them off will only make the resulting scar worse, and reopen your incisions.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD · Answer

This is perfectly normal in the healing process.  Removing the scabs prematurely will give you unwanted scarring.  Your tissues are healing under this scab.

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

Congratulations on having undergone the breast augmentation/mastopexy procedure; from the partial view photograph,  it appears that you are on your way to a very nice result.

	 I ask that my patients leave “scabs” alone;  they are serving as a “biological  Band-Aid” while the underlying tissues are healing.

	 I would also suggest that you continue to exercise patience and continued to follow up with your plastic surgeon.

	 Best wishes.

Kevin Maguire, MD · Answer

Leave them alone. They will separate and fall off naturally. If you pick them off you could cause on open wound or worse scarring. Good luck and be well.

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