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

Question

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.

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.

Jourdan Gottlieb, MD · Answer

These are not uncommon, and typically are the result of a suture underneath, which by this time can be removed by your surgeon--they will otherwise take weeks to dissolve. 

	Nothing is worrisome here. 

	Best wishes.

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

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