Hi everyone:
I wondered how you might have dealt with build up of scar tissue after surgery. My stitches came out too early, and my incision site is still open (3.5 months post-surgery) and the dressing is changed three times a week. I have a bit of pain around the incision area and the nurse seemed to think that I was dealing with scar tissue build up. She suggested that I massage the area in order to make sure I didn't get kinks and blockages. Have any of you dealt with this? How often and how hard do you massage? Any other suggestions to help adhesions other than massage? I'm seeing the surgeon next week, but thought I'd ask you all first.
My other question is whether you started losing your hair after surgery. At the three month mark, my hair started falling out in clumps, where my pillow would be covered by my hair when I woke up in the morning. If I put my fingers through my hair, I get an average of about 8 hairs at a time in my fingers. In the past two weeks, I have lost about 60% of my hair. If you had similar hair fall out, how long did it keep falling, and how long before hair started growing back?
Hope you're all enjoying the final days of summer....
Cheers,
Kismet
I wondered how you might have dealt with build up of scar tissue after surgery. My stitches came out too early, and my incision site is still open (3.5 months post-surgery) and the dressing is changed three times a week. I have a bit of pain around the incision area and the nurse seemed to think that I was dealing with scar tissue build up. She suggested that I massage the area in order to make sure I didn't get kinks and blockages. Have any of you dealt with this? How often and how hard do you massage? Any other suggestions to help adhesions other than massage? I'm seeing the surgeon next week, but thought I'd ask you all first.
My other question is whether you started losing your hair after surgery. At the three month mark, my hair started falling out in clumps, where my pillow would be covered by my hair when I woke up in the morning. If I put my fingers through my hair, I get an average of about 8 hairs at a time in my fingers. In the past two weeks, I have lost about 60% of my hair. If you had similar hair fall out, how long did it keep falling, and how long before hair started growing back?
Hope you're all enjoying the final days of summer....
Cheers,
Kismet