My biggest scar is raised and hard and painful

[Giovy 29]

I'm 11 days post op and up until now my wounds have been pretty good, not very painful and seemingly healing well. Then just today the largest incision started hurting and I felt it and its really hard and tender. It doesn't look infected ( no pus) but its all red around and hurts more than when I actually got it. Is this normal or should I go to the doctor?

[m1aman 944]

I would call the docs office and see if the nurse thinks you should come in. Is it redder now than it was before?

[Giovy 29]

Yeah it's redder and also the redness is wider. I only thought to touch it coz its painful I've been rubbing disinfectant and putting fresh dressings everyday. Don't see how it could be an infection.

[m1aman 944]

Yea I would get that looked at. It should be better than that at this point. (I'm not a medical person though)

[Giovy 29]

Yeah I'll have to. It was looking really good a couple of days ago don't know what caused it

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

I agree, you need to get it looked at it. It's always better safe than sorry.

[toritz 64]

That happened to me and then it started to open - I had an infection. Call your doctor and check. I took some antibiotics and then I was fine don’t worry. More annoying as it delayed healing..

[Rongen62 30]

Get it checked. Mine did the same thing about five weeks out. It was healing nicely and then started getting hard around the scar and really red. I had been using antibiotic ointment and washing with disinfectant soap too. They started me on antibiotics and it cleared up. It is best to get a handle on it early.

[BayougirlMrsS 3,933]

Yeah it's redder and also the redness is wider. I only thought to touch it coz its painful I've been rubbing disinfectant and putting fresh dressings everyday. Don't see how it could be an infection.

Could be on the inside.... I would go see the dr. and let him decide. Maybe some antibiotics will do the trick.

[cheryl2586 3,053]

I would get it checked also but you could have what they call a raised scar. Its sort of like a keloid but not as bad. If its not infected it could take a while to go down. I get raised scarring and it is painful but does eventually even out. But that is just me so get it checked.

[line-dancer 810]

of course get it check why even ask you know that is the best thing to do, clothing rubs on the bandage and moves a tiny bit. Anytime you have redness around a sore its infected and needs attention.

[DidThis4Me 26]

I tried to wear jeans too soon and infected one of my incisions early on. This was, of course, before I discovered this site! Antibiotics cleared it up nicely, though. I also notice you said you have been "rubbing it" with disinfectant. That might irritate it as well. Definitely have the doctor take a look at it. Good luck.

[daisychains7 427]

I had the same thing happen to me. The largest incision was tender and anything against it felt like sandpaper for the first few months. Doctor checked it out and it was ok, just uncomfortable. Eventually that went away. Turns out I am a keloid former (it's genetic) so thats why my incisions are hard and raised.

[Giovy 29]

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[Giovy 29]

Thx everyone for the advice. I'm due to see my surgeon tomorrow but I'm off to my doctor today. Sounds like I may need antibiotics, so the sooner I get it checked the better. Thx again!