Incision still hasn't healed?? 28 days out...

[Aijan 55]

Hey, I have a question. One of my incisions (where the drain was) STILL hasn't healed. It has been a month. It has a deep scab and is tender to the touch. It doesn't appear to be infected...not red and angry (beyond scar tissue around the edge being pink), it isn't weeping... I am watching it closely but was wondering if this was normal? Have any of you had the same experience?

[GBLady41 393]

If I remember correctly, it took my drain incision a few weeks to fully heal. It had a scab over it. I kept a bandaid over it until it fully healed, mainly to keep myself from scratching the scab off (incisions were sometimes itchy). If it's not red, inflamed, and not leaking, I would say it's normal. However, you may want to ask your surgeon this just to make sure.

[chemica melissa campbell 7]

am so sorry to hear that cause when I did my sleeve not thing like that happened to me, but our skins are different i hope you get well, soon as passible

[Aijan 55]

Thanks. It finally healed. It still feels more tender that "regular" skin but I am fine.

On a happy note, I am almost half way to my goal. 26 lbs to go!

[carola123 0]

Can anybody tell me how bad it hurts when they remove drain tube

[GassyGurl 428]

I didn't have a drain tube, but my husband did. It was pretty annoying before, but the removal was quick and weird. But he instantly felt so much better.

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[Precious517 56]

I didnt have any pain or discomfort during removal of my life drain tube

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[jenzds75 15]

My large incision site finally healed at 6 weeks. It kept having a small scab, then it would come off. Then scab over again.

[chemica melissa campbell 7]

On 8/2/2017 at 7:05 PM, chemica melissa campbell said:

am so sorry to hear that cause when I did my sleeve not thing like that happened to me, but our skins are different i hope you get well, soon as passible

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well for me 6 more days to go for my surgery date20

[SIPS in Seattle 345]

I didn't have a drain but two of my incisions haven't healed. They're not infected but I have had to go in for debridement. It's been over a month. It's frustrating. I now have to scrub them in the shower with a toothbrush and keep them covered with gauze and tape. Which is giving me an itchy rash. Round and round I go...