Surgery Scar
Sorry if this photo is a bit yuck but I was wondering if anyone else had scaring that looks like this. I’m 3 weeks post surgery and stitches have been out for almost 2 weeks. it looked like this strai...
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Hi @Kellee,
I had a reasonable amount of a pulling feeling as well at the start both under my arm and the breast for a long time until the scars started to soften. Also had a monster seroma that has taken about 18mths to disperse.
I'll just mention this in case they want to drain it later just a question to ask maybe.
There seems to be split opinion about draining these things. My surgeon and breast care nurses advised that if it wasn't incredibly painful and I could put up with it don't drain it. The reasons were a) It almost always recollects and sometimes worse. b) increased risk of infection by poking needles in there. c) By letting it reabsorb naturally there is less chance of the breast collapsing inwards and the cosmetic outcome is much better.
Hope all goes well, but it does take what seems like an eternity for it to start feeling somewhat normal again.
xoxoxo
I had a reasonable amount of a pulling feeling as well at the start both under my arm and the breast for a long time until the scars started to soften. Also had a monster seroma that has taken about 18mths to disperse.
I'll just mention this in case they want to drain it later just a question to ask maybe.
There seems to be split opinion about draining these things. My surgeon and breast care nurses advised that if it wasn't incredibly painful and I could put up with it don't drain it. The reasons were a) It almost always recollects and sometimes worse. b) increased risk of infection by poking needles in there. c) By letting it reabsorb naturally there is less chance of the breast collapsing inwards and the cosmetic outcome is much better.
Hope all goes well, but it does take what seems like an eternity for it to start feeling somewhat normal again.
xoxoxo