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#1 City Girl

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Posted 12 February 2009 - 02:44 AM

I had a coccyx pressure sore which showed up in November 2007. It bloody-well took forever to heal but has left a callus in it's place which I'm not particularly happy about. I've become irritated by it a few times and 'picked' it off but it just grows back. I scrub it with a luffa sponge but it hasn't really helped. I've put a blob of vasoline on it at night and covered with gauze and that seems to have helped 'a bit'. Any other suggestions?
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Posted 12 February 2009 - 06:34 PM

Hey CG,
Be happy yours HEALED! I've got a crazy flap scar where mine was surgically repaired. So, please be kind to it. Your skin was compromised by the sore, and isn't as strong as it once was. Lotion is definately your best bet. An OBGYN nurse suggested to me some kind of rubbing ointment used on stretch marks for the skin. I think it's a lot like Vasoline, though.

Go easy on it, okay?--no picking!
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#3 City Girl

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Posted 12 February 2009 - 10:54 PM

yah, yah, yah, ok mother.
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Posted 13 February 2009 - 07:29 PM

Just consider it a beauty mark, CG,,,,, I doubt that anybody who has the opportunity to see it, will be put off by it.
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Posted 25 March 2009 - 06:23 PM

you can get scar reduction plasters which ,I think, have silica gel in them. I'm going to try one on the raised lump I have on my foot, the remains of an ulcer. Will let you know how I get on.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 05:57 PM

A bit more parental wisdom


"Play with that thing too much and it'll fall off...then where will ya be?"

jokes aside though sounds like ya got some good strong skin in a spot where it may be most helpful.



oh and" brush your teeth and wash behind your ears".

#7 BenjaminLucas

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Posted 20 April 2009 - 04:18 AM

The same thing happened to a sore on my heal. It was a blister/pressure sore combination, but it's definitely callused now.

It's kind of like playing guitar or the drums, the calluses just make your skin tough.

I welcome them, but I don't know how I'd like to have one anywhere else besides my feet or hands.

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