When I went for my lumpectomy on 30 August, I expected to have just one incision line on my breast (as well as the scar under my armpit where the sentinel nodes were removed).
However, when I came home from hospital I discovered there was a second wound about 3/4 of an inch above the incision line, just above my left nipple. In a letter from my surgeon to my doctor he referred to the scabbing and said: ‘this is due to thin skin flap in order to try and excise a good margin of tissue around the tumour.’ In other words it sounds like the surgeon had to scoop out the tumour material and margin just underneath the skin above the incision line.
The result is a bow shaped deep scab of about 1.5 inches which seems to be taking a long time to heal. I have no reason to think it won’t heal, and the surgeon called it ‘superficial scabbing’ when he saw it, but I am wondering whether it is likely to leave me with a scar. It looks like a much more significant wound that the incision line, even though it is apparently coming from below the skin. I had no idea thaat wounds below the skin could cause scabs on top.
Has anyone esle had a similar second wound? If so, did it leave a scar after it healed? Is this common?
Anne