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    Caring for your new closed incision
    betterwounds
    • Apr 4
    • 2 min

    Caring for your new closed incision

    In the early first few weeks after your surgery, it is a key time in your healing. Obviously, you want this incision to stay closed and...
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    Lipo Burn Evolution
    betterwounds
    • Feb 2
    • 3 min

    Lipo Burn Evolution

    Lipo burn is a common complication of liposuction. Today it is common to combine the suction with a modality like a laser or ultrasound...
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    Surgery Recovery in a Pandemic
    betterwounds
    • Jan 4
    • 2 min

    Surgery Recovery in a Pandemic

    Having surgery can be an anxiety-producing event for you and those around you, even when it is a planned procedure. We're now into Year 2...
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    How do these discs work?
    betterwounds
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    How do these discs work?

    By now you may have seen my posts about these beige sticker discs that I have said can help with anything from pain, inflammation, wound...
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    Got Back Pain?  Add these to your wish list!
    Better Wellness
    • Nov 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    Got Back Pain? Add these to your wish list!

    80-90% of people have some kind of back or neck pain issue and not everyone wants or needs to have surgery. There are some of my most...
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    Cleaning your wound!
    betterwounds
    • Oct 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Cleaning your wound!

    What you clean your wound with can either be helpful or harmful! It always depends on the current situation of your wound, this is...
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    Getting rid of this yellow stuff!
    betterwounds
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Getting rid of this yellow stuff!

    Yellow tissue in wounds is usually called slough or maybe fibrin. It is necrotic tissue. If the wound is a very large or deep opening,...
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    When can you start scar care?
    betterwounds
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    When can you start scar care?

    Whether your procedure was elective like a tummy tuck or knee replacement or more unexpected like a c-section or fracture, most of us...
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    Booking a Consult / What to expect
    betterwounds
    • Jun 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Booking a Consult / What to expect

    When you send a picture via social or through the helpdesk link you'll likely be asked what happened and what products you are using. You...
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    Getting surgery out of town?
    betterwounds
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Getting surgery out of town?

    No one expects to have a wound issue or they expect that their surgeon will be ready, willing, and able to help if needed. That becomes...
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    Did you know that Physical Therapists can do wound care?
    betterwounds
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Did you know that Physical Therapists can do wound care?

    PT's may not be the first thought to heal your wound PT's are absolutely qualified to perform many wound care tasks plus improve mobility!
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    Honey, Hydrogel, Enzyme or Sharp? Do you need a debridement?
    betterwounds
    • Mar 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Honey, Hydrogel, Enzyme or Sharp? Do you need a debridement?

    If you have an open wound you may need debridement to help the body heal it faster. Debridement is the removal of any non-viable or dead...
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    8 Things You Can Do If Your Incision Starts to Go Dark
    betterwounds
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    8 Things You Can Do If Your Incision Starts to Go Dark

    Necrosis after a lift or tuck can be common. Necrosis is dark, black, leathery tissue. It does not necessarily mean there is an...
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    Healing Home Program for Wound Healing
    betterwounds
    • Jan 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Healing Home Program for Wound Healing

    Working in the hospital the last few months has been like nothing I've ever seen before. With good reason, people are only going to the...
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    STITCHES! Sometimes they Pop and need to be removed.
    betterwounds
    • May 16
    • 2 min

    STITCHES! Sometimes they Pop and need to be removed.

    Stitches may need to come out for the healing to really get started. Don't worry it's not hard or scary.
    87 views0 comments
    Caring for your new closed incision
    betterwounds
    • Apr 4
    • 2 min

    Caring for your new closed incision

    In the early first few weeks after your surgery, it is a key time in your healing. Obviously, you want this incision to stay closed and...
    89 views0 comments

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