I am 9 weeks post TT and feel so swollen. I had splitting suctures so my healing has been slow. The latest is pain on the sides of my waitst.the left side is swollen but my the wound is fully healed. What do you think is going on?
I had a tummy tuck 8 months ago and had a few stitches spit and a little trouble healing around my drain site. This week I woke up with extreme swelling in my mons area. I also had pain so bad that I couldnt sleep and at one point I couldnt even talk through it. 2 days ago I had a large blister show up and is now protruding. Has anyone seen something like this at 8 months post-op?
Surgeon said leave alone. I have six spit stitches from closed incisions that have opened and the large one never closed and a stitch surfaced. He said theres no infection but theres pain inside. Im using medical grade manuka over it once per day after cleaning with sterile tools and applying gauze but whats happening?! Im mortified!!!
I had a tummy tuck and thigh lifts. The thigh incisions are spitting staples. It looks like a zipper. I have removed at least 6 but can see another 15 or so. There are a couple on my stomach incision as well but nothing like the thighs. The nurse explained that my body is rejecting them. She also said this means they will never dissolve. It has been 4 weeks (I'm 11 weeks out) since any have broken through. Is she correct they won't dissolve. Is there anything I can do to improve my situation?
I am 10 weeks post op from my FDL tuck. A stitch started poking out the top and when pulled it was around 5cm long! 13 days later my belly button has now become painful, opened up and I have just found another spitting stitch below my original suture site. It is painful to touch the wound sites. I have emailed my surgeon. He is an 8 hour drive away so I can only visit him if VERY necessary and urgent. Do I just have to wait until all of the sutures that have decided to hate me come out?
I have had this one spot on my TT incision that at about 3 wks started oozing PS said spitting suture was to blame and they tried to get suture out but it was to deep so he said cover it and put ointment on it which I have been doing for 4 weeks it's recently formed a blister he saw it yesterday and said skin healing over it but poked it to open it back up and it was bleeding but he said thats good. Will this ever heal? Will my body absorb it? Or spit it out? I really worry about it! Thank you!
I have an open wound due to spitting stitches with no infection. The PS dug out the stitch leaving me with a deep hole. Is it common? Could it keep opening bigger? He says it's not infected just follow up in 2 weeks.
Im 6 weeks post op of a I dont know the name of the tummy tuck I got its an upside down T at 3 weeks I got echar on by the pubic area my Dr told me to massage it with Vaseline to remove it 2 a day till it came off I did. Underneath it I had spitting stitchs Ive battling with this for 3 weeks she did tell me it could take 3 months to heal she did take the stitches out! No smell no infection just draining Ive been putting xerofoam and keeping it covered with a gauze.
After 2 months of having my tummy tuck done my stitch spit up and made a whole, it Keep draining and 3 days ago I finally got to see the doctor and he put an Acid inside the little whole and It has been draining a mucus of color yellow, I am very scared but I dont have fever, the area is not hot either, he says that he will stitch me back in two weeks if it doesnt close, but if he put that acid inside what is for? I know I should ask him, he just told me it was gonna burnt and it did.
I am 6 weeks post op full tummy tuck. My incision is pretty well healed but I'm noticing these streaks going up and down along the incision. Everywhere there is significant discoloration, I can feel a lump under the skin. I had spitting stitches on my breast and I have the same discoloration where the stitches were/are. So I'm wondering if this is a reaction to the sutures? Why would the discoloration be getting worse? Would silicone help with discoloration?