Get the real deal on beauty treatments—real doctors, real reviews, and real photos with real results.Here's how we earn your trust.
I would ask your surgeon first before putting any lotion/ointment/treatment on your scars. Sometimes surgeons use glue over your incisions, and putting any of the above treatments on could prematurely dissolve the glue. If they give your all clear, I usually have my patients put vaseline, coconut oil, vitamin E oil or anything that moisturizes and has a small chance of causing an allergic reaction. Around 2 weeks out from surgery if my patients are tending to scar dark or reddened I advise a silicone based gel or sheet to help decrease the redness faster and improve the look of the scar sooner.
I am a big advocate of the anti-inflammatory properties of Aloe. My patients are advised to start using Aloe at least twice a day over the entire surgical area starting 2 days after surgery. This is good for decreasing wound inflammation and also acts as a moisturizer (Normal skin oil glands shut down in the face of swelling, so the skin is extra-dry.).Be sure to use a preparation of Aloe that does not contain any alcohol as this will just add to drying of the skin.
After free nipple grafting, often the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) will slough to varying depths, depending on the robustness of the blood supply to the skin graft, which is always quite thick. I always caution that the nipple will be much less projecting after free nipple grafting, and...
Hello and thanks for posting your question.Although distressing, what you are describing is fairly common. To have a little bit of drainage, a scab or a bit of delayed healing at the area where the vertical and horizontal scars meet in a breast reduction is one of the most common problems people...
The photos do not lend themselves to much insight except to say it looks like a nice outcome otherwise and will probably resolve to your satisfaction given some time. Continue to follow up with your doctor. Good Luck!
