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Scar advice required

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ScarredForLife
ScarredForLife

Just over a week ago I had surgery for an Inguinal Hernia. I removed the dressing yesterday and all is well and have been advised to leave the dressing off to help the healing process. However, despite wearing loose fitting clothing I'm finding that the scar is understandably sensitive and even loose clothing is chafing on the new tissue. I don't really want to cover the scar but is there anything that I can do to prevent the irritation, or is it just a case of waiting until it heals more?

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  • Bluesv6
    Bluesv6 ScarredForLife

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    Hello , I had this done in Feb . my best advice is find some proper underwear . something with a waist band that is high. A material that is stretchy type. I even ended up buying panties and used those for a few days ....weird I know bit it saved me .

    After a few days I found some good men's boxer briefs. Avoid scratchy cotton .

    This is a different response , feel free to judge but this worked for me .

    Eventually it gets better

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