Help-Incision not healing?

January 16, 2006

Need some advice on my incisions. I'm 3 weeks post band and all my incisions look great except one small one. My surgeon had put dermabond on the outside of all the incisions. I was cleaning around them to remove the flaking dermabond. One of the incisions had a scab that came off. Now there is a tiny pinpoint hole in this incision. It's not tender or red. It's not really draining but it's not dry. Could it be a subcutaneous suture trying to make its way out? Has anyone had this happen? PAV

Jessiebear · January 16, 2006

Yes. It happened to me too. I'm not gonna tell you what I did though, cause I'm sure some people would yell at me! LOL! Call your doc if it bothers you. He may snip the little booger out for ya. As long as it's not draining or red or swollen or anything like that, it should be okay. Put some TAO on it (triple antibiotic ointment). I also boiled mine out with peroxide.

DieselAngel2005 · December 30, 2006

I have had the same problem only I had the dissolving stitches put in (my LB doctor's choice) and one of my incisions opened up 2 weeks after the surgury. I called my LB doctor and he said there is nothing he can do for me because he won't restitch it. He only told me to wash it 3x a day with peroxide and leave it open dont pull it shut with steri strips... I was a littler angry a week to 10 days to heal hopefully it will work

pplqueen · December 30, 2006

You should have your doctor put silver nitrate in it. It is probably an infected stitch. It can tunnel and get BIGGER! IT can acutally get serious even they don't ususally.

Have your doctor look at it.

Lisa, RN

DieselAngel2005 · December 30, 2006

Thanks for that info I called my doctor and i'm getting in tomorrow for him to look at it. i've been cleaning it and i put gauze over it to keep anything from getting in it.

DieselAngel2005 · June 13, 2007

I found out that patience it the best thing, when mine opened up i could probably have fit a quarter in it, and it took longer than usual to heal. all I could do was put peroxide on it and tape a little piece of gauze over it to stop my shirt from going it it because I was back at school and I'm a mechanic. It healed after about 2 1/2 weeks it was very slow and I had to be careful.

But now i have a really nasty scar there. but I was told by the doctor after all the scars have healed up and the stitches have been long gone to put aloe vera gel and gently massage it in, it will help break down the scar tissue and make it so it doesn't stick out as much, and after time it will fade.

cyndilou29 · June 13, 2007

Had the same issue. Until you see your doc, try peroxide and a "bandage that breathes" - not plastic. That's what he had me do. It's fine now. If not, he can open it up and take out the stitch. That happened to me with a previous surgery - sounds worse than it is, I swear.