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[sprinklethief]

sooooo....

one of my incisions still shows no sign of healing. it won't close in the middle or form a scab, and it's three weeks old. it is VERY tender to the touch and periodically sends shock waves of pain thru my body. it's not infected red, it's scar tissue red. i don't have a fever, i've been checking regularly throughout the day just to make sure. we've been cleaning it regularly and trying bacitracin with the dressings. the incision in the front looks almost 100% healed aside from the fat still being a little displaced giving me a little square belly and the muscles are still a little tender.

is this something i should be worried about?

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[daliah.livejournal.com]

call your dr. was it open still when they took out the staples? are the edges infected looking? what carrie mentioned above is what happens when the incision gets really infected. (dehiscence) they cut out the infected part, and let it heal open, with packing, and then sew it back together.
how regularly are you cleaning it? you may be doing it too often, and the bacitracin may not be helping like you would think. call your dr. hell be able to give you better answers than any of us.