Dressing removal

Hi all! So I removed my dressings last night,2weeks post op and instantly just felt so sad. Is it normal to feel disheartened once you see the incisions? They are generally healing well but they are just bigger and worse than I expected. Hoping I’ll feel better over the next few days.

I felt the same, stupidly I didn’t take a picture of my incisions early on but i’ll attach a picture of them now as I’m very happy with them especially as once they’ve fully dropped they’re right in the crease so hard to notice at all, i had real stitches rather than dissolvable so they were super red and lumpy for the first month or so xx

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Oh wow they look great! Mine just look huge and still a bit yuck! I absolutely loved them until I took the dressings off,fingers crossed I’ll get used to them soon!

Hiya Nikki,

Mine were quite red and bigger than I thought when I first had my dressings taken off. I’m just coming upto a week later now and they already look better!

The nurse told me not to really touch them but when getting a shower I’ve been putting the water over them to help.

The redness has gone down loads and they look less noticeable. I think a lot of mine was dried blood which is what the nurse said.

You will be ok!

Xx

Yeah there is alot of dried blood on one of them and there’s still stitches poking out of each end,I dunno why but I’ve just felt upset since I took them off,I loved them before,I’m just being silly I think! It just seems like a step backwards. Thank you I’m hopeful in a few days I’ll stop worrying! Xx

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