Why do @&%$# scars hurt so bad still ??!!

Yeowch, you are doing everything right. You are one reactive mama!

Steroids ( corticosteroids) can usually help dcrease scar formation but unfortunately, they delay healing and can predispose you to infections....so that ain't the route to go. It doesn't sound like using one of the scar diminishing aids ( like Kelo Cote) will help either, because you are having what appears to be a hyper immune reaction to whatever suture material he uses, and your body is trying to reject the foreign material, plus your previous scars healed fine. Is it possible to track down and ask your former surgeons ( for whatever operations created the scars that did heal uneventfully) which absorbable material they used? It might not be a plastic surgeon's favorite type, but if you don't react to it, it's better than what you've got in you now- particularly if you have pain associated with your incisions. And what we use to suture gut, liver, bladder is different on what we use to suture muscle, skin, etc. Still, the whole goal of plastics is to get a pretty outcome, it must be so frustrating to have to revise to get that and undergo the entire process again!

I am a huge believer in the protein game- upped my protein from 90g+ to 125g+ per day starting 3 weeks prior to plastics and continued it to 9 months post plastics, and I healed so quickly my PS could not believe it ( like back exercising at 12 days post op). So whatever way you can get that protein in, do it- shakes, bullets, etc. Rapid healing usually means minimal scarring and less opportunity for infections, stretching, etc.

Good luck, and it might be worth it to track down any former surgeons and get copies of your operative reports ( those will list everything they have used on you). XOXOLori

Thigh incisions are doing well this time, I had only one small mishap getting out of a booth at a restaurant my skin "stuck" to the seat and I popped a little hematoma that hurt like hell!  It eventually opened and drained old blood onto the pillow that I sleep with under my knees.  I put steri strips on either side of the hematoma immediately so the scar would not continue to open along that line and it seems to have worked.

The arms and side of chest, though.....I am currently using xeroform gauze on the open areas with flexible fabric bandaids to hold it on.  I tried paper tape and tegaderms prior and they tore up my regular skin badly.  I have weird skin anyway, like I can get itchy hives for no reason and I get hot spots (like dogs!) on my feet where I scratch until it's bloody.

Initially after this surgery I thought I was having a reaction to the dermabond, where I itched so bad I was taking Benadryl 50 mg several times a day, but now thinking back, I wonder if it was allergy to the suture material.....yet other areas of the new scars are absolutely perfect, like the right side incision from armpit down to under breast.  Perfect, no openings, no itching.

Yikes- so you left more than a tip for the waiter at the restaurant!  ;-)   If we don't laugh at this stuff, we cry....

You might want to ask your PS about the medical clear sheeting that comes with a Wound Vac appliance- Wound Vacs are used on large draining wounds ehere constant suction is needed to keep them draining ( I had to use one for an abdominal abscess several years ago). The clear plastic bandaging used to cover the vaccuum drain was awesome stuff- you cut the sheet into the size you need and peel back the paper part and apply it like a bandaid- but it's very very gentle on sensitive fragile skin, clear so you can see what's going on, might help keep those areas from "unzipping" and waterproof to boot. I loved the stuff. You might be able to get it in smaller quantities than cases of sheets, it's costly I'm sure, or your plastic surgeon might be able to get you some.

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Again, hang in there- XOLori

I am seven months post-op TT/breast lift and my scars STILL HURT! The best way I can think to describe it is burning; they BURN in places. They are red and raised as well.

I also am working with the surgeon to improve the feel and appearance of my scars. He has given me some steroid shots (which I've had good luck with on a facial scar) and they are helping; but they hurt like HELL when he gives them so I can only take so many at a time.  He said eventually he may take a laser to them.

Good luck.