Category: Post Operative Instructions
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 MoreReturning to Work after Breast Augmentation Surgery
When can you return to work after breast augmentation surgery?
Here is a question from the breast.com.au forum:
Im a hairdresser and I’m booked in for a breast augumentation for January. I was just wondering what the recovery time would be for work. My surgeon has said 2 weeks. How would I go shampooing clients etc? Thank you in advance
And my reply was:
Hi,
I think 2 weeks is a pretty safe bet in terms of returning to hairdressing. Different people respond to...Read More