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Skin care when
I’m 14 days post op wound healing nicely surgeon happy and all dressing off scar forming and getting tight Any advice on when and what to use hope for radiation oncology appointment late this wee...
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Terrific that you are recovering well from your surgery & the healing is going well too Suzywong
Your surgeon and/or BreastCare Nurse should advise you on skin care, specially re the scars until healed. Only use what they recommend until the scarring is totally healed. Once healed, there are different lotions/potions that will help reducing the scarring longterm.
My surgeon put me onto a silicon gel called Kelocote (you can get it at a good price from Amazon) which really reduced my scarring. You only use a tiny amount & only put it on the actual scar - I was very happy with the results.
Wishing you all the best for the Rads - make sure you ask which lotions they recommend that you use so you can buy it in readiness. I think I had about 22 sessions - 4 x weeks of Mon-Fri then 2 x booster sessions!
take care