Question:
I have 2 little bumps on my incision ,What the heck are these???

I have 2 little bumps on my incision and they are there all the time. They don't change when I bear down and they feel hard. I kind of wonder if they aren't a fatty tumor or something but they're hard and round about the size of my little finger. Anyone else have anything like that?    — Mark L. (posted on September 8, 2003)

September 7, 2003
I would have the Dr's office check it out.. I dont want to scare you but I had a very comon complication.. and it started as a little red bump.. it ended up being a wound infection or aka cellulitus... so please go and get it checked out... take care.. and good luck..
   — Karen Wyatt

September 8, 2003
Hi there, Mark! I have to agree with Karen, I had the same thing. My Mom even kept telling me that I had a gas bubble, it ended up an infection that put me back in the hospital an extra week and being treated with aggressive antibiotics. Tell your surgeon ASAP. Vi. open RNY 9/23/02 down 150 lbs.
   — Vi F.

September 8, 2003
These are most likely sutures trying to work their way out.I've had a few try and do that.They eventually dissolved and the bumps went away.But if they start to get red and painful then i would call your doc.
   — jennifer A.

September 9, 2003
My surgery isn't until next month but I've had other surgeries in the past and I experienced the same thing. There were small HARD "objects" under my skin that felt like they were plastic or something. It really freaked me out because they definitely didn't feel like they were part of me or were supposed to be there. I called my doctor and described them to him and he said that it's scar tissue and that they will go eventually go away - that it's just part of the body's natural healing process. He was right but it did take a few weeks for the lumps to disappear.
   — Lisa B.