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susan27029
susan27029

hi all, I had my lasted visit from nurse who was very pleased with the healing of the incision line, but nothing to do with the staples that had been removed, I have in some parts along either side a ridge that looks like there is something pulling tight and not allowing the skin either side to lay flat.

Hope I have explained it sufficient it is mainly in the middle of the length of the scar.

Has anyone else experienced this?

sue x 

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  • Oldfatguy1
    Oldfatguy1 susan27029

    Posted

    Pretty normal. Given time they witll flatten out. This can be helped with vit. E oil or many reccomend a product called Bio (this doesn't seem to be available in the US.). Another I have recently heard of is Tea Tree oil. I have had a terrible issue for over 1 1/2 years with scar tissue from hip to knee caused by a plate and screws that were inserted to help heal a broken femur. After using Vit E Oil once a day for less than a week and really rubbing it in deep and hard I have seen valuable progress. I hope by the time I get my new knee inserted (June 22) that the scar tissue will be completely gone. I have used it to some degree after every surgery and it's pretty difficult to tell my knee has been opened completely 4 times and partially a 5th plus 3 arthoscopically. I am assuming within 12-15 weeks after the next one I'll be fine, as well. I have some problems with a sunk in spot that I believe was caused more by the 30 rounds of radiation damage than the surgery or maybe it was just the combination. 
    • susan27029
      susan27029 Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      Hi. Ofg

      Thanks for your reassurance, once again, although the nurse had been, she had said she doesn't see a lot of knees and couldn't really say anything about it!

      now I can relax and tell myself it's ok and it wasn't the cleaner that stitched me up - lol.

      Thanks

      Sue x

    • doric1
      doric1 susan27029

      Posted

      Hi sue,

      I had a similar situation with my operation scar which in parts looked as though it was overlapping and I was a little concerned. Nurse didn't seem too worried and said that she thought it would settle down.  Since then I have used Bio Oil regularly and after five weeks scar has healed nice and flat and knitted together much better than I ever thought it would.

      Kind regards,

      Dorothy

  • Dotty_Lotty
    Dotty_Lotty susan27029

    Posted

    I have exactly the same problem ,I am told it is perfectly normal.Bio oil massaged in (But only on healed skin) will help  matters
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