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mopinko

(71,797 posts)
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:20 PM Jan 2024

my biopsy sites r driving me crazy.

i realize that a skin biopsy exposes nerves, but damn they still hurt like hell a week later. they’re getting to the itchy stage, and it hurts to scratch. (not, i’m not scratching hard, just rubbing a bit. but owww.)
i’ve mostly kept a bandaid on, w some neosporin + pain relief, cuz my clothes rubbing on them is…
they told me to only keep it on a day or 2. that’s my normal wound care thing tho, and it usually works like a charm.

is this normal?

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my biopsy sites r driving me crazy. (Original Post) mopinko Jan 2024 OP
Call your doc. Callthe place where you had this done. Srkdqltr Jan 2024 #1
I had a similar experience. Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #2
Sometimes it is the bandage that causes itching. TNNurse Jan 2024 #3

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
2. I had a similar experience.
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:52 PM
Jan 2024

I have had many skin biopsies because I had a pre-melanoma some years ago.

I developed an allergy to the Neosporin and other topical antibiotics, and the bandaids.
They caused more problems than the original biopsy. And scaring.

So from then on, I can only use aquaphor and latex free bandaids.
If I must use Neosporin, I can only use it for a short period of time.

I have delicate and sensitive Irish skin, like I think you may have.

Check with your doctor or send them a picture.
They should know right away what the problem is.

Of course it could be something else entirely, so contact them.

TNNurse

(7,121 posts)
3. Sometimes it is the bandage that causes itching.
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 03:57 PM
Jan 2024

And remember you can become allergic to something that did not used to bother you.

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