Hi everyone! I had my first fill last week. He Dr. Curry initially put in 1.5cc but while drinking my H2O had a weird sensation in my breast bone. So, he took out .5cc. He was as quick as can be, and I felt neither stick. I didn't bruise afterwards or anything. I even showed the doctor I work for the next day, and you could barely see the pin prick where he stuck me.

But now, 6 days later, I have a red almost like a rash about the size of a quarter and the injection site. It is not a bruise. It is red and raised like an allergic reaction. Could my saline have leaked out and caused this? I feel no different than I did before my fill. For the 1st 24hrs I could tell a difference, but in the last few days, I am back to the same feeling I was pre-fill.

Thanks for any advice. I am going to email the office in a minute and see what they say. I just noticed it, not 15 minutes ago though.

Kat

I had the same reaction when I would get a fill. I took pics and showed my band doc and all he could think was that I was sensitive the saline and some could have been injected as he removed the needle causing the allergic reaction.

I will include a pic of what mine looked like and let me know if this is what yours looked like. Mind you this is larger than what you mentioned but the same reaction was evident. We first thought I was rejecting the port but since found out that wasn't the case.

I talked to my band surgeon and he said to just take a benadryl prior to my fills and see if it helped. IT DID!! So maybe try that. I would have to put Hydrocortisone cream on the site to ease the itching and rash.