healing ridge

My bikin cut is fine on the left, but then it gets hard and turns into a long bump all the way to the right. I talked to the nurse at the doctor's office and she said it was a healing ridge. She couldn't explain why it was only on one side or confirm that it would go away.
Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anything I can do? My surgery was on 6/16. Thanks,

I don't know if it's the same for you, but I had a drain put in on my right side and it took a while for it to heal. I always thought that is was where some of the blood "pooled" and just took a while to go down.

I'm 13 months out now, & it seems like a distant memory, but it does take your body a long time to bounce back! Be patient!!

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TAH/BSO 5/23/07

Thanks for the reply. I did not have a drain so that isn't the cause. Since this is my only"problem" I guess I should be thankful that everything else is going so well.

I hate to post this b/c I don't want to scare you, but I had (and still have) what seem like hard lumps along my incision (7 weeks post op now) but at 2 weeks post op one of those area's burst open (about 3 inches). (I did have a post op drain)

A lot of blood and fluid came out and I about freaked. Dr. said it was blood that pooled there and NEEDED to get out so it didn't become infected. I don't know why I still have other areas that haven't drained.

I still have the open wound and have been going to wound care for about 3 weeks. It's healing slowly from the inside out. I've been blessed and didn't develop any infections.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I have the same thing, they hurt sometimes, I don't know when they will go away or what the dr.will do about the ones that are still there. BUT if it does pop open don't panic!!!! I was told I have several layers of stitches in there from the inside out, your guts won't fall out, lol.

In fact, mine burst open over a holiday weekend and my doctor didn't send me to the ER, told me to wait and come to his office Tuesday. There are a LOT of bad germs roaming around the hospital and ER and you don't want to be exposed to them with an open wound if not necessary. If by chance it does burst open and you can control the bleeding, you might want to call your doctor before going to the ER.

Hi Ladies, I had a VH, so no recent abdominal incision, but I did have a baby via C-section a while back, and that was a bikini incision. One side healed into a very fine red line after a few weeks, and the other side was wider, and lumpy and bumpy. After about three months, the lumps started to smooth out, before that baby was walking, the whole thing was thin and very pale pink. Before he started pre-school, the line was a bit lighter than my skin color, and my DH couldn't see it (without his glasses). It looks like all of my other scars, so if you have some old scars, you could get an idea how it might look over time. If this is your first scar, maybe you could check a sibling's scar.

Delcy, you can complain about anything you want here!!! This is the place for it.

Be well. Mindy

Hi,
I am recovering from LAVH and repairs. Like Mindy, I had a c-section and had a ridge. Turned out I had an infection. The infection cleared over time but the scar wound up getting bigger. Two years after the c-sce. I had to have a surgery to fix the scar. It had turned into a "Keloid" and was very painful. It itched all the time and always felt like it was stretched. Since the repair, I have had much better luck with the scar tissue. I hope yours heals better than mine.