strane thing happening

Hey everybody.
I just went to my ps this past tuesday he says everything is going fine I am 7 weeks out today from my extended tummy tuck.  He told me to get rid of the binder and move into spandex and I am trying new things.Still swelling at night but he said that will end in another month or so.  I just had  a strange thing happen this morning.  As I was putting on my clothes I noticed a white bump on my scar line by my pubic line. It looked like a pimple. when I rubbed it a small piece of plastic came out of the scar. It looked like a tooth of a zipper. I have no oozing or blood in fact the area is dry. The scar has a tiny hole my husband said it really is nothing. now I have two more bumps on my scar line

Anyone has had this happen to them?

 I'm only three weeks post op, and have never had to deal with anything like that, but I just wanted to send some good vibes your way. You should call your surgeon and see what he has to say about it. Im kind of curious a to what that could be as well.

Could you possibly be spitting stitches?

Its called spitting stitches..just trim and clean them.. I pulled one or two out with no problem.. its your body ejecting the dissolvable stitches..you'll be just fine :) 

Yup, I had several as well. No biggie at all, follow Michelle's advice and you'll be fine.

Rebecca,

You must be so excited about your upcoming thigh surgery.. Good luck on your recovery..

Michelle

Thanks, Michelle - but I'm coming up on my 1 year anniversary of the thighs!  I stuffed ALL the reconstruction in during one plan year just in case they changed my coverage!

Okay.. I am really laughing out loud.. this is exactly what I get for typing without my glasses

 Michelle is absolutely right. You have spit a stitch.  When it becomes raised like that it is called a stitch abcess.  Your body is just rejection a dissovable stitch that for some reason it couldnt dissolve. Sometimes you get a clear fluid leaking from the area which is called serrous fluid - it is just white blood cells and stuff your body was making to fight the foreign body.

You can just wait for those other ones to push thru or when it becomes quite raised you can use sharp tweezers to push thru the thin skin and grab the stitch and pull it out. This can be harder than it sounds since as you saw, the stitches tend to be made of a clear thin synthetic substance and can be hard to see.  If you notice the pimple area expanding or see tissue breaking down on the scar line, you or a doctor might need to remove the stitch as sometimes the stitches can masticate the skin from the inside out. (Thats what happened to me.)  Most patients spit a stitch or three and have no real problems.

Just wipe the area with hydrogen peroxide and continue to wash with an antibacterial soap. No need to bandage and usually no need to use Bacitracin.  The areas just seal back up and heal up without incident in most cases.

I know it sounds stupid but don't forget to wash your hands before handling the incision or stitch area and be sure to sterilize any tweezers you might use.  I was chatting with an ER doc a few months ago and she talked about how many folks infect their own surgery incisions because they forget this basic rule.

thanks for all your info I feel better because this morning I found four more spots