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Jtennis
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Is there any risk of infection from these rashes when they occur next to a healing surgical incision?
Meaning to say, I had surgery 2 weeks ago, and the steri-strips seem to have caused an allergic reaction resulting in the type of rash described by the other posters here (itching and red, followed by blistering and pus). However, the rash only occurred once the steri-strips were removed, so my healing process was fine and clear up until the Dr removed my steri-strips at my post-op meeting (10 days post-op). It took a few hours from the time he removed the steri-strips for this rash to really break out. There seems to be no pus coming from the actual incision, and seems to be just rash-related.
My concern is now I have this blistery, oozing rash all around my incision, and hope to avoid further complications.
The Tegaderm adhesive dressing seems to work fine with my skin, and actually until this instance, I've used bandaiRAB and other various adhesives on my skin with no adverse effects. Until I get to see my dermatologist I'm a bit wary of putting anything on the skin aside from Neosporin as I was advised since I still have a healing incision I need to mind.
Meaning to say, I had surgery 2 weeks ago, and the steri-strips seem to have caused an allergic reaction resulting in the type of rash described by the other posters here (itching and red, followed by blistering and pus). However, the rash only occurred once the steri-strips were removed, so my healing process was fine and clear up until the Dr removed my steri-strips at my post-op meeting (10 days post-op). It took a few hours from the time he removed the steri-strips for this rash to really break out. There seems to be no pus coming from the actual incision, and seems to be just rash-related.
My concern is now I have this blistery, oozing rash all around my incision, and hope to avoid further complications.
The Tegaderm adhesive dressing seems to work fine with my skin, and actually until this instance, I've used bandaiRAB and other various adhesives on my skin with no adverse effects. Until I get to see my dermatologist I'm a bit wary of putting anything on the skin aside from Neosporin as I was advised since I still have a healing incision I need to mind.