What to do about painful post-surgical scars

Post-surgical scar pain may be caused by nerve repair, wound infection, hyperplastic scars and other problems, follow the doctor’s instructions can be treated accordingly. 1. Nerve repair: post-surgical scar itching and pain, mostly due to nerve repair, after excluding other causes, if the pain is mild, usually do not need special methods to deal with, you can also reduce the symptoms of cold compresses; affecting the life of the doctor’s orders can be used to relieve the pain of tablets, ibuprofen capsules, pethidine hydrochloride tablets, and other drugs to relieve the treatment. 2. Wound infection: general pain after surgery scars, may also be due to infection, follow the doctor’s instructions can use amoxicillin capsules, levofloxacin tablets and other drugs to relieve treatment. 3. proliferative scars: when the basic recovery after surgery scar pain, may be caused by proliferative scars, follow the doctor’s advice can use ibuprofen cream, compound lidocaine cream and other drugs for relief treatment. Scar pain after surgery need to go to the hospital in time to confirm the diagnosis, under the guidance of the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment.