Basal Cell Carcinoma

[Sheann]

5 weeks ago I had a bcc removed from the bridge of my nose, they took skin from the very top of my nose and did a skin graft. It is still very swollen on the place where they took the skin for the graft from and the whole thing is very itchy and later in the day the scar on the whole thing looks red. I have been wearing a baseball cap and using 50 factor sun cream. Is this normal or should it have healed more by now? Any answere will be appreciated

[Sqad]

Although this is a routine procedure, excision and skin graft (may have been a pedicle graft) it is a bigger operation for which it is given credit and may well take months to settle.

Provided that it is not red, swollen or discharging, you have little to worry about and must be patient.

[modeller]

I can take months !

[Sheann]

Thanks Mark, I guess the hot weather is not helping despite keeping it covered

[Sqad]

Who's Mark?

[Henry's Wife]

I would also massage and moisturise the area! Daily. Chloramphenicol is good to help improve scarring :) This will improve the look of the scar x

[Daffy6543]

Chloramphenicol is for eye infections such as conjunctivitis, I didn't know it reduced scarring as well.

[Henry's Wife]

It sure does! Very good, I was amazed too when my son was prescribed it by the plastic surgeons but after 6 months the scar was hardly visible! A year down the line virtually disappeared x