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How To Treat Pain In Thigh After Skin Grafting?
My sister recently had a skin graft.Skin was removed from her upper thigh and placed on her arm to cover a scar left by cancer surgery. It s only been a week but she is still experiencing allot of pain in her thigh were the skin was removed. What can she do for the pain?
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
pain in the area from where graft was taken is usual upto 2 weeks
you have to keep that area dry and apply proper bandaging and if you still have pain you can take paracetamol 500 mg thrice a day as it doesn't interfere
the area may alsoo pain as new vessel are being formed with granulation tissue
you have to keep that area dry and apply proper bandaging and if you still have pain you can take paracetamol 500 mg thrice a day as it doesn't interfere
the area may alsoo pain as new vessel are being formed with granulation tissue
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