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When should I start wearing a pressure earring?

I just had a keloid removed 2 days ago and was told to get a pressure earring and get silcone sheets as well. When should I start wearing the pressure earring and sheets? I will be returning to the doctor in a month to start steroid shots.

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When should I start wearing a pressure earring?

January 24th, 2014
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Best to check with your plastic surgeon who knows your situation best and is ultimately responsible for your care. Overall,  it sounds like you have a great plan.

Web reference: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/earlobe-repair-surgery.htm

Tom J. Pousti, MD, FACS
January 24th, 2014

When should I start wearing a pressure earring?

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Best to check with your plastic surgeon who knows your situation best and is ultimately responsible for your care. Overall,  it sounds like you have a great plan.

Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/earlobe-repair-surgery.htm

Tom J. Pousti, MD, FACS

Keloid treatment

January 16th, 2014
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  1. Ask the surgeon treating you when to start wearing them.
  2. Get the pressure earring and silicone sheets now.
  3. My patients apply them to the ear lobe repair as soon as they can tolerate the pressure. For some people it is 2 days, for others - never.  
Elizabeth Morgan, MD, PhD
January 16th, 2014

Keloid treatment

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  1. Ask the surgeon treating you when to start wearing them.
  2. Get the pressure earring and silicone sheets now.
  3. My patients apply them to the ear lobe repair as soon as they can tolerate the pressure. For some people it is 2 days, for others - never.  
Elizabeth Morgan, MD, PhD
*Treatment results may vary

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