Hi just wanted some advice. I had left full mastectomy on Thursday last week have been advised to take dressing off and leave steri strips on to fall off on there own with dissolvable stiches also. a small area has become loose and I can see dried blood on the steri strips is this normal ? I’m scared to take off the dressing and of infection. How do I clean the area best while strips still on to remove dried blood. I’ve been so lucky with no pain and inflammation up to now don’t want things to go wrong, any advice would be good. Thank you in advance x
I too had a mastectomy. My wound was glued no steri strips. When l got home after the op the wound had bled. The district nurse, simply changed the dressing, made no attempt to remove dried blood. The dressing stayed on until the drain was removed after 10 days and l then had a gentle shower. I had no problems with infection.
This may not help, but ease your fears about infection
Good luck.