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Should I Be Concerned Of A Pimple On Incision Scar After Appendix Rupture?
My son had his appendix rupture 2 months ago and had to have a drain put in for about 5 days. The incisions healed nicely but now over 2 months later it looks like he has a pimple on his incision scar.....Is that something we need to be concerned about? He has no fever and he says it s only painful if he squeezes it.
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
Hi,
Thanks for writing to us.
From the description it seems, the scar area has hypertrophied(hypertrophic scar/keloid). It can be treated by applying silicone gel like contractubex/opexa etc. Sometimes for better reponse, one or two intralesional steroids injections are also given.
Hope this helped.
TAke care
Thanks for writing to us.
From the description it seems, the scar area has hypertrophied(hypertrophic scar/keloid). It can be treated by applying silicone gel like contractubex/opexa etc. Sometimes for better reponse, one or two intralesional steroids injections are also given.
Hope this helped.
TAke care
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