Itching post op, and it isn't my incisions.

[juliek 0]

I had the same thing - like others suggested try benedryl, but also try the benedryl topical cream to help relieve the sites.

[Wheetsin 714]

Ok, talked to PCP today, she said I didn't need to come in but we talked for a while on the phone. It's basically "allergic contact dermatitis" -- what I thought, only in more words. What we can't figure out is why, after the plastic stuff has been off for over a week and all steristrips off for at least 3 or 4 days, I'm just now having this "delayed" reaction. She thinks maybe something (waistband, etc.) irritated it just enough to be a catalyst.

She phoned me in a prescription for ablahblah blahpoopblahblah... seriously can't remember the name, I'll have to look at it when I pick it up. Some type of topical antihistamine that's supposed to be pretty strong. Everything has already started going down, itching is less, and I'm getting a "scaley" skin on top, which she says is another indication it's just an allergic reaction.

I didn't think it was an infection. Damn ask-a-nurses...

[NeenBand 7]

She phoned me in a prescription for ablahblah blahpoopblahblah...

AHAHAHA! That made me crack up.

[Morsaille 4]

I had a reaction like this (less severe) on my entire abdomen. Wheetsin, you're a redhead, right? Do you have the skin? The pale, delicate skin of our clan?

I think my reaction was the iodine wash they used. I lost a thin layer of skin that flaked off when I scratched like it had been chapped. I had a few hives too, but none of the cut-like openings (cringe). I have the adhesives problem too, I had to quit smoking the old-fashioned way 'cause I was allergic to the Patches. Take care.

Much luck and rapid healing! Brenda