OK...I am an "official double smile" scar member ... link

[ChitChatNine]

inside shows my "new scar" and how nicely all is beginning to finally heal!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/ChitChat9/thyroid/March202007HealingNicely.jpg

Post op 1/9/07 partial thyroidectomy

and

Mini Procedure under local 3/9/07 to remove a benign lump above the incision that was caused by an infetious ruptured cyst that cuased the incision to get infected and the lump to appear and grow above the incision.

I am doing ok with the scars as finally they are healing like they should be!!



Cheryl

[ChitChatNine]

So I guess I am ultimately wondering how does my thyroid scar compare to yours ... we cannot say same timeframe, as I had been set back by infection, but overall looks .. they *tell* me it should heal nicely even with all its been thru .... I believe them but cannot help but wonder how it looks compared to others. For the record it is post-op 1/9/07 partial.

C~

[rayneweather]

I think it looks good.  That 2nd scar looks tiny :-)  My surgeon hid mine in the crease at the base of my neck (I'm heavy so it's a good sized crease) so it's hard to see mine unless I point it out.  I've been meaning to take a picture of it & post it.  I'll have to do that today.

Rayne

[ChitChatNine]

The other link has technical difficulty .. here is revised Link that should continue to work:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/ChitChat9/thyroid/March202007Healing.jpg

C~

[genelady]

I'm very impressed! I think that it looks wonderful for surgery so recent and for what you have been through. For comparison, my 30-year-old scar is a thin white line about 4" long. Obviously surgical techniques have improved and they can use smaller incisions now. Keep up the good healing!

[scarlet37]

That looks fantastic! I'm extremely impressed!!

         My scar is "slightly" less red and a hint lower than yours. (TT 12/7)

My drain site is still a pimple type bump--(about4 inches below my incision)


             I'm using concetrated vitamin e oil on my incision& drain site- What type of lotion or treatment are you using?




   Teresa

[ChitChatNine]

The new scar is ONLY Bacitracin for another 10 days .... the old scar I swear by Mederma cream BUT afraid to use it bcz the new scar is too new for it .. I tried some makeup but didn't like the look @ all as I cannot blend it up into the new scar for even tone .. sooo AU NATURAL and finally feeling ok about it!!!!!

C~

[utahmomma]

Show off.

[ChitChatNine]

Nope. U told me """"overachiever"""""  HA HA HA !!!!  C~