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What Does A Hard Scar Around An Abscess Indicate?
I had an abcess on my upper outer right thigh 2 years ago I was hospitalized for a week or so & sent home with a pick line i had to put antibiotics in the pick line for a week, ok now 2 years later where the scar from that abcess is is really hard & seems to be spreading some kind of hardness throughout my thigh, I went to my doctor he gave me bactrim he said it was cellulitis, but it doesn t feel hot or any thing my question is can it be something other than cellulitis because the antibiotics seem to be making my whole thigh hard
Thu, 29 Nov 2018
Hello,
It is nothing but a hypertrophic scar or something called keloid.
Consult a plastic surgeon and get evaluated. You can try steroid injection and you will improve.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain,
General & Family Physician
It is nothing but a hypertrophic scar or something called keloid.
Consult a plastic surgeon and get evaluated. You can try steroid injection and you will improve.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain,
General & Family Physician
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