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Allergic to the sutures!

Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have 5 incisions. On 4 of them he used clear dissolving sutures. On the one closest to my bra line, he used purple stitches. On day 8, I went into the office because one of the stitches had come undone, and he cut the top parts that were sticking out of my skin off, and pulled the purple stitches. Now that the internal stitches are dissolving, I am having an allergic reaction to them. The 4 incisions that have them are red all around for half an inch and they itch so bad it's excruciating. My best friend is a doctor and looked at them yesterday. SHe told me to put cortizone or neosporin with pain relief on them, no problem. Well, I've done both of those, benadryl cream, oral benadryl, and even tried the liquid lortab that's left over. Nothing works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I need a steroid pack. Ugh.

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I had that happen when I had my gallbladder removed but my body rejected the stitches completely and popped them out.

I'd call your surgeon tomorrow and see what they say. I was given a prescription steroid cream to use on mine.

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