I was sleeved a week ago yesterday, and my steristrips are starting to fall off. Most of them look like normal incisions and are healing nicely. This one is my drainage incision and has a weird indention and looks like an open wound. It doesn’t hurt and isn’t leaking anything, so maybe it’s just stitched down under the skin, but seeing a gaping hole is very nerve racking. Is this something I should go in for, or is this type of incision normal for the drainage incision?

Thank you!

Edited August 6, 20224 yr by ZackAttack1

Mine looked just like that right after I pulled the drain, but within a day or so it had scabbed over.

I imagine the strip has kept the air from it and once it is off and you just have neosporin or whatever ointment and a regular gauze it will heal just fine.

If it doesn't look infected, clean it with some e. g. Octenisept and apply new Steristrips to close the gap once the Octenisept has dried off.

If in doubt go to your GP.

It looks normal but I remember being concerned about it too, and so I sent them pics of it. Perhaps you can send this to your team through email. I had a phone visit with them at the time and they said if there is no pus and no strong odor, it is fine. They also told me to keep track of my temperature and if I get a slight fever, contact them.

I had one very similar to that, I was told not to put any ointment on it (they didnt want it to stay moist) only clean it and put a steri-strip on it to help it stay closed. Mine healed up just fine and finally closed I guess in about a week. It scabbed over like someone mentioned above. That scar for me is alot darker and thicker scar then my other ones.