Growing up I have always had what people call thick thighs. As a grew so did my thighs and so did the problem. I physically can not where dresses, shorts, skirts or low crotch pants in fear of the pain i will face after 5 minute. My thighs have chafed so badly that they’ve became open wounds that in turn became scaring. I want to be able to do the things I love without the pain that comes with it. (Yes I have tried working out but to no avail) anything I can do to fix this problem ?
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I am so sorry you are going through this. The short answer question is that your wound will close eventually, and it appears very clean. There are some plastic surgeons who are therapeutic activists and some that are not. Since I am a therapeutic activist, if you were my patient, I would bri...
Your surgeon may suggest other wound healing products/devices to accelerate the process. This kind of breakdown can occur if there is blood supply compromise to the healing incisions, if infection occurred, if patients smoke or have diabetes/other wound healing risk factors, etc. The wound VAC...
Thanks for your question and photos.
Swelling following any type of surgery is common but after things like a thigh or arm lift can be significant. You certainly fall into this category. The thing we worry about the most when seeing such unequal swelling is a blood clot in the deep...
