Infection?? Help

Hi girls, please take a look at pic I just posted of my incision a week after op, really scared it may be infected, it’s on the left boob, the boob has been numb for a few days so I can’t feel any pain, no fever or anything but feel a little sick?
Sorry the picture looks awful as all around the area is bruised. But at the end of the incision it has a white dot? I can’t see properly as taken this on my phone.
Please have a look and let me no!
Thank you xxx

Looks like the knot on the stitches to me hun??
I can’t believe mya take dressings off after only a week?? I didn’t have my op with mya and I’ve still got my dressings on. Not having them off till Thursday when I will be 15 days PO. So many people must get infected 🙁

Ahhh really? Is that what the knot looks like? And is it meant to be white?
Sorry for all the questions haha!
I know! I never had any strapping on only had a little plaster thing over the stitches which were taken off yesterday! Wish I still had them on so scared I’m going to get one!

Do you know what they do if you do get an infection?

X

Yes they do look like that Hunni. And most stitches are tied up inside so quite often you get a little spot looking thing sticking out which is the knot trying to push out (obv normal as your body is fighting a forgeub substance).
An unfected incision would be red raw and extremely saw to touch. You would more than likely have a fever. The incision will probably try to open up slightly too.
My hubby had a hernia op and the incision got infected and that’s what happened, when is your next app? X

Ahh thank you that has put my mind at ease slightly!

My next appt isn’t untill 18th aug, however I do work in a doctors surgery so will get one of the nurses to check the incision tomorrow to see what they think 🙂

Thanks fr your help x

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