Incision slow to heal…..any sugestions?
Posted on September 20th, 2011 by peterc
I have a 1 inch section of the incision that just does not want to join together. The subcutaneous part is all closed, no infection or anything. Anyone else get this? I figured it was because the foot sweats in the boot so I cut the boot foam open. Seems to be slowly getting better, but it is aggravating..On week 9!
Dr said all is fine, but i go into shoes next week and kinda want it all closed up
any comments would be interesting.
thanks! can’t wait for the shoes…..YAHOO!
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I had this problem until about a week ago (7 1/2 weeks). It had been going on for a number of weeks and then finally a piece of suture came out after I had a shower. Incision began closing and then seemed to flare up again and a small piece of suture came out. Now (a weeks since the last piece came out), it’s all sealed up and feeling much better. Unfortunately, until the suture came out there wasn’t much I could do but wash it daily and cover it with polysporin and a bandaid.
The good news is my PT was proactive and applied a simple Butterfly bandaid. Over the last 3 days It seems to be working. We had the surgeon on the phone and he did mention the possability of a subcutaneous stitch floating upward and didnt seemed concerned….