r/woundcare

i had a double incision mastectomy with free nipple grafts on July 30th and have experienced some dehiscence on my right incision. There was a lot of bleeding for a couple days and the hole has definitely gotten at least a little bigger over time. I’m worried about infection and general healing of the area.

Right now I am wearing a compression binder 24/7 and placing a sterile abdominal pad over the opening as advised by my surgeon. I replace the pad about once every 24 hours. I have steri strips over the wound as I was told to let them fall off on their own.

The first photo is from today, the second is from yesterday, the third is from last monday and the fourth is what the discharge from the wound looks like currently. Any advice would be appreciated because I’m kind of freaking out

3day old bmx bike fall, both elbows look like this. I have been putting paraffin gauze, non adherent dressing and fixomull over the top to cover them while at school. I have given one wash with saline and gauze to clear tissue yesterday. Should I go in there a bit more forcibly to take off all the slough bits or leave it to dry out now? Thanks for any advice!

Pretty gnarly. Got it cleaned today at urgent care. Leaving open due to animal bite. Im up to date on shots as is the dog. Just wanted to post on here to get some advice for redressing aswell as what to except as it heals. I really wanna slap some steri strips on it and call it a day but im no doctor lol.

Hello. Three months and twenty days ago, we had a below-the-knee foot amputation surgery. The wound has healed, but not completely. A small opening remains at the end of the wound, which has started to heal and shrink slowly over time, but fluid is still discharging from it, even though there are no other accompanying symptoms.

We have visited the doctor multiple times, and he assured us that the situation is normal and improving. Each time, he prescribed antibiotics, and we perform daily cleaning/dressing changes.

I am starting to feel really anxious. Is this situation normal?

Does my wound look normal? it’s itchy, and i have no signs of infection, i’m just scared

I got this burn last Thursday from spilling hot water.

Pics 1-3 are today, Pic 4 from Friday, and the rest from immediately after the incident.

I've been doing neasporin + large bandage. It seemed like it was healing well because there was no pain or signs of infection. The bandage stayed on very well. But it started to irritate my skin and I just switched to gauze roll + tape yesterday after I ran out of the bandaids. But the tape keeps coming off and I'm worried it's irritating the wound more than the bandage.

Also, the right side of my wound formed a blister starting last night which didn't exist on the first 2-3 days.

Does this seem to be healing OK? What products do you recommend? I'm thinking of switching to hydrocolloid and it seems like I'd need to get the roll type given the size of my wound; do they stay on well and do they irritate your skin?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks

i got my hand pinched by something a few days ago and now it's scabbing over? it kind of hurts and ive never had a hand wound like this so is it possibly infected or is this normal healing? ive heard the yellow is dead tissue so idk 😭

Burned myself pretty bad at work, it blistered pretty good. Saw my dr the day after I burnt and she used cream and told me to keep it clean and wrapped when I’m at work. Been doing what she said, blister has gone but now there is a white spot. Just wondering if it’s healing okay or if I need to be seen again. Thanks’

This stringy slough looking stuff has been covering my wound bed for 18 days since I've gotten my stitches removed. I went back to my surgeon to discuss my concerns and they said it doesn't need to come off and should come off on its own. I went to urgent care as well and they said this is a sign of healing and it should be closed in around a month. I'm really starting to get concerned and really just want to help this heal

is this a natural process it's near my knee so it moves quite a lot im scared it will create an uneven scar

I know this is annoying and I should just get to a doctor but if it's healing okay then I really don't have the time to go. Obviously if this is a severe wound then I will go.​

I posted yesterday and was told the first photo is slough. Which I believe to be the case but the odd thing is that it has never been wet or gelatinous but always dryer.

Today it looks like this. Is this looking good, like healing or worse due to the drying and slight darkening?

Fwiw, the pain is very minimal. I have to touch it and press on the red edges to feel pain but it's minor.

Any advice?

I burned myself accidentally, I felt the burn but didn't realize it was so hot it was causing a burn.

That was almost a week ago I'd say? It doesn't hurt badly, no smell or leaking, but it looks like this.

Is this normal? At first it was dark red and then I noticed yesterday it looks like this. So gross.

original cut is roughly the size of the red outline on the second slide. it has been over 24 hours so stitched aren’t an option. i hit a large vein and this is the result after removing the bandage. i know generally you shouldn’t remove clots, but this one is so large. will the part that’s expanded the size of the cut just dry and disappear? do i have to remove it for it to go away? does it just disintegrate or what?

My anxiety plays out in the ‘what if’s’ and I’m currently frozen w fear so explain to me like I’m 5 what urgent care is going to do.

Wound happened 1 week ago. Mandolin took a pinto bean sized chunk. Been changing dressing daily using Vashe & xeroform. It has puss oozing today & definite build up. Whole thumb starting to hurt & feel warm. Tiny bit red maybe…not much. The pain is the worst part. So.many.nerves. In fingertips! Couldn’t make an appointment with my doc so I sent a pic and note in my chart & they said ‘yep no appointments, go to urgent care .’

Will they numb it before doing anything? Scalpel off the slough? Just prescribe meds?? Give me all the possibilities….

Do these stitches look okay? They’re about 24hrs old. I was told to remove the bandage this morning to clean it and leave unwrapped but the cut looks a little too open. I’m worried about if stitches are ripping through and it not healing properly.

I haven't been wearing a bandage over it because it is decently healed already and it gets waterlogged so often. Everytime I shower I notice the liquid pockets but I just squeegee it out with my nail. Just out of shower (please don't mind the background of pictures) and accidently peeled back the skin. This hasn't happened before and I'm just not sure what to do.