How Soon After Surgery Can You Massage Scar Tissue?

How soon after surgery can you massage scar tissue? There is really no known proven technique to eliminate or reduce scars. Scarring is mostly genetic. Even your surgeon cannot take credit for a good-looking scar. Most of the time, it’s either body location or genetics. If you’re a person who forms bad scars, chances are you will form a bad scar from your hip or knee replacement incision.
Patients will ask about applying some sort of topical cream or medication for their incision. It’s recommend to wait about a month after surgery to apply any creams. As far as massaging the scar, it’s usually about the same. Any earlier than that and there could be a disruption of the tissue underneath the skin. Even after a month, you’re probably not fully healed. It takes at least three months to fully heal the soft tissue. Gently massaging your incision to break up tissue and applying vitamin oil and other creams should be introduced lightly at the one month mark. If your scar is reacting well, continue to do so.
Play this video to hear what Dr. John Tiberi, orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles and Southern California has to say about the subject in full (www.healthgrades.com/physicia....
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How soon after surgery can you massage scar tissue?