Month: March 2016
Wound Care following skin graft surgery
Hi everyone,
To listen to a podcast about how to look after your wounds following skin graft surgery, click here.
After removal of a skin cancer, or after trauma, you may have a wound which is too large to be closed directly with sutures. In these cases, we may need to do something a little fancy like a skin graft.
A skin graft involves taking skin from one part of the body and moving to a wound bed in another part of the body where (hopefully) it will stay and survive. Skin graft...Read More
Wound care after minor surgery podcast
Hi everyone,
To listen to a podcast about wound care after minor surgery, click here.
In this podcast I outline wound care instructions after minor surgery. This applies to procedures which are usually performed under local anaesthesia on a day only basis – things like removal of moles, cysts or small skin cancers.
I try to make the wound care and dressings as simple as possible.
For stitches on the face:
You can shower from the following day. You can get the wound...Read More