Bumps around chest scar

[slipkid]

I'm 10 years post-op now.

For quite a while in the area around my scar right over my breastbone I have small red bumps. Is not elsewhere along the scar which runs about 7 inches long total - the area with the bumps is about an inch long (& the bumps extend about an inch around the scar).

They don't bother me, don't itch or anything like that but I'm just wondering what they are.

Could they be related to the wire that was used to hold my breastbone in place so it healed? I believe I was wired shut (???). Anyone else have this?

(the image photo below is kind of hard to make out)

 

[pellicle]

that scar is really neat ...
https://www.valvereplacement.org/threads/9-weeks-picture-shirt-free.41432/post-889045

 

[carolinemc]

I'm 10 years post-op now.

For quite a while in the area around my scar right over my breastbone I have small red bumps. Is not elsewhere along the scar which runs about 7 inches long total - the area with the bumps is about an inch long (& the bumps extend about an inch around the scar).

They don't bother me, don't itch or anything like that but I'm just wondering what they are.

Could they be related to the wire that was used to hold my breastbone in place so it healed? I believe I was wired shut (???). Anyone else have this?

(the image photo below is kind of hard to make out)

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Get your doctor to look at that, not normal after OHS.

 

[slipkid]

Get your doctor to look at that, not normal after OHS.

Several years ago I did. Was basically told "don't worry about it" but don't recall any explanations being given. Believe I have asked a couple times over the years...

 

[Eva]

I had a bump after my surgery at the very top of chest closure. It hurt then when I turned my head left or right or when I touched it. Surgeon said it was the wires. He offered to remove them which required one night stay at the hospital. I didn’t
Now, I don’t feel it unless I press on it, but there’s no pain. Also, I don’t see it either…it’s been covered by the extra weight I gained over the years!

 

[Cris N]

Several years ago I did. Was basically told "don't worry about it" but don't recall any explanations being given. Believe I have asked a couple times over the years...

Maybe a trip to the dermatologist would help.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

Although it has been seven months since my open heart surgery, the surgical scar continues to itch from time to time, is this normal?

 

[pellicle]

Although it has been seven months since my open heart surgery, the surgical scar continues to itch from time to time, is this normal?

My first surgery it was years (I was a kid). Subsequent surgeries were better, but it's still a little itchy from time to time