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Ladies - Top Incision What Did You Do?

ok laides....the top incision maybe not for all but some is right in between your boobs. I keep getting it to scab over and dry up pretty well, over night but then the next day when I am up and either wearing a bra or not it gets moist again because there is no way possible to keep my boobs off of it. It is not infected, but by the end of the day its moist again and I do the same thing all over again. If I keep a bandage on it, it is staying moist and not drying out. Doc said I should leave bandages off once they scab over real well...

Just wonder, what you all did to keep it scabbed over and heal?

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  • Try cutting up a maxi-pad. The pad absorbs the moisture and padded where the bra band was rubbing.

  • This was a PITA for me as all my bras have underwire. I found that taking a big patch of gauze pad, like the size of an index card, folding it once or twice, and fixing it between the skin and the ban

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I used tagaderm band aids...u can buy them at walgreen or Cvs they are safe on surgery incisions. hope this helps. :)

This was a PITA for me as all my bras have underwire. I found that taking a big patch of gauze pad, like the size of an index card, folding it once or twice, and fixing it between the skin and the band of the bra helped. Most of the time. My incision had surgical glue, so it never really scabbed or got wet. It will eventually heal, I think it was a month before I no longer noticed the discomfort.

Try cutting up a maxi-pad. The pad absorbs the moisture and padded where the bra band was rubbing.

When I had breast surgery my surgeon told me to use maxi pads. Great call Foxbins! I think it would work for this too.

you have great suggestions above. Also it will not hurt it at all to be covered I just had ankle surgery and my Dr's have me keeping it covered with Xeroform (Petrolatum Gauze) over the incision and then covered wtih band aids.

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