2nd surgery and scar tenderness

[Guest guest]

I am about to have a 2nd ctoma surgery (first one was just 6 mos. ago)

due to regrowth (pearls) and I am concerned about pain where the scar

behind my ear is. It is just now healed enough that I can wear

sunglasses for long periods of time. I am afraid that opening at the

same site will be extremely painful post-op. Has anyone else had these

surgeries so close and has there been an issue?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

My son had 3 surgeries 6months apart. The first involved the incision behind the ear that took a few months to heal. The other 2 surgeries the doctor made an incision by his ear canal and went in that way to clear away a pearl of cholesteatoma and do to reconstruction. Ask your doctor about going in from the front this time. Those incisions were much smaller and healed over in no time.

Good Luck,

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[Guest guest]

The surgeries on my right ear were a year apart. For that one the

doctor must have cut along the perfect point because I've never had much

of a problem. I had mine done at a teaching hospital, so you never know

who the chief surgeon will assign the work to (but he was there). My

left ear was a different story. It's been over a year now and I still

have days when my glasses bother me. The left one is more on the side

of my head near the ear. The right scar, the one that doesn't bother

me, followed right along where my ear meets the side of my head perfectly.

So, extremely painful ... nah. Prone to being irritated, probably.

Matt

jen254107 wrote:

>

> I am about to have a 2nd ctoma surgery (first one was just 6 mos. ago)

> due to regrowth (pearls) and I am concerned about pain where the scar

> behind my ear is. It is just now healed enough that I can wear

> sunglasses for long periods of time. I am afraid that opening at the

> same site will be extremely painful post-op. Has anyone else had these

> surgeries so close and has there been an issue?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks....My Dr. wants to go back in behind the ear to see better

since the first c-toma was scattered and everywhere.

>

> Hello,

> My son had 3 surgeries 6months apart. The first involved the

incision behind

> the ear that took a few months to heal. The other 2 surgeries the

doctor made

> an incision by his ear canal and went in that way to clear away a

pearl of

> cholesteatoma and do to reconstruction. Ask your doctor about going

in from the

> front this time. Those incisions were much smaller and healed over

in no time.

>

> Good Luck,

>

>

>

> **************************************

> See what's free at

> http://www.aol.com.

>