Finally, it’s time for my post-op visit with the plastic surgeon! I was a little anxious about what it was going to look like, but I was also looking forward to having that itchy tape off and get some fresh air on my nose.
But when the doctor took the bandage off my nose, she was shocked. The whole surgery area was black. There was a ton of dried blood covering the area, and she was unable to tell if there was viable skin underneath. She feared that it failed to take, but there was just too much dried blood to tell. It was terrible news. We were all shell-shocked.
I was sent home with instructions to stand under a warm shower and let the water run over my nose to clean off the dried blood. Out of the shower, I put antibiotic ointment on it and covered it with saline-soaked bandages plus a dry bandage on top. These dressings were changed a few times a day. Fortunately, there was no pain. I don’t know if it’s because the whole area is numb from nerve damage in surgery/Mohs, or if it is because that area is dead. That’s ok – I like no pain. Over the next 48 hours, the dried blood came off, and what was revealed underneath basically looked like a scab slightly larger than a pencil eraser.
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