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I had my daughter by c-section on the 9th. I was very active after having her and continued to resume regualar life. Now i think I am regreting not just resting and healing. My skin by my scar first started to roll over itself (keloid) and now it is like fresh flesh is coming out or the incision. The edges on both side of the scar tend to bleed and there always seems to be a discharge. I seen the dr. 2 weeks ago and she just told me to keep and dry and the skin would unroll. My question is if the fresh flesh is the now unrolled skin or if I pushed my limits and did too much too soon??? i really havent done heavy lifting (except the baby in car seat) but I have been moving and even traveling in the car to visit family.l I hope that someone can relate and give me some info. I have never had surgery or a mojor scar so I am not sure the healing processes.
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Erin, this happened to me (or something very similar happened to me). However, the center section of my incision did not "take". Ie; even when the staples were still in, the skin was pulling apart. My incision would bleed if I would cough, sneeze, or laugh. I knew something was not right because this was my 2nd c-section and that did not happen before! When the staples came out, it looked like it was rolled open in the center, like flopped over on itself. So my incision was open, not all the way into the deep layers like some of the horror stories posted on this forum, but basically the whole skin layer. I was told it had to heal from the inside out. What happened to me is that I had gross discharge coming out of the incision for about 7 weeks . As it closed, I had something called "hypergranulation" occur. Google that term and see if any of the photos look like what you have. Basically, it is an overgrowth of healthy tissue on a healing wound. That is the fresh flesh you describe. For me, my wound acutally closed and there was this wet fleshy tissue sticking through the closed wound. Gross, huh? There is a really good wound dressing by Smith and Nephew called "Allevyn Thin." You will need to get it from a wound care center or else can get it at any larger medical supply company. It promotes moist wound healing and seals around the wound, and actually painless sticks to hair (which is important in that c-section area!). I swear that without those Allevyn dressings, my wound would still be open and the hypergranulation would still be pink and fleshy. My c-section was 11-22-06, and now my son is 3 mos old. That hypergranulation part of my incision has sort of just thickened up and hardened and looks like a keloid. I met with a plastic surgeon already, and might possibly have the scar revised if it is still causing me discomfort in another 6-12 months.
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Erin, how are you healing?
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You were exactly right about what the problum was. The day of your first responce I went to the ob/gyn and she told me the same thing. I am still hurting and just want it to heal. She did not give me any wound care except to not wear a pad anymore. Of course the foul smell is back and all my cloth are getting the nasty discharge on them. I just want to be back to normal. How long did you take to heal?
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Mine took 7 weeks. Actually, about 5 weeks to actually close, and then another two weeks for the hypergranulation to harden up a little bit and stop weeping and bleeding. Now my hypergranulation piece looks like thick scar tissue. Unfortunately, my OB seemed to make light of the whole situation, and I was very proactive myself at seeking out appropriate wound care advice. My OB actually told me to swab it 3x per day with hydrogen peroxide. Look up anything about wound care on the web, and you will see that hydrogen peroxide is very "old school" and nobody does that anymore because the peroxide actually breaks down the healthy tissue that is forming to close the wound. Fortunately for me, I have some friends who are physical therapists and had some wound care experience. They immediately pointed out the "red flag" in my doc's hydrogen peroxide advice and they really helped lead me in the right direction to get help.
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I did look up wound care because my ob didn't give me any advice. I am going to the store once my husband gets home to get either allevyn of hydrocortisone foam. I hope one of them works because it is going on 5 weeks and the pain and discomfort is horrible.
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Make sure you get Allevyn Thin. I got a couple of free samples from a wound care nurse who was a friend of a friend. But then I needed more dressing and didn't want to keep calling in favors, so I had Walgreens pharmacy order it for me. They had Allevyn in their system, but when the order came in, it was actually something a little bit different than what I had been using. I have a few dressings left and could mail one to you if you are interested. For me, the dressing was big enough to cut in half and use each piece separately. If you want me to mail one to you so you can see it and then have the packaging if you want to order more, email me at two_nerds@sbcglobal.net
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