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Post Operative Wound Care Instructions

Your wound will be numb for 3 - 4 hours

Keep the original dressing in place for the next 48 hours, then, remove it and shower

Call 720-494-3135 immediately if you experience heavy bleeding, spreading redness, purulent wound drainage, or pain that gets worse instead of better.

Take pain pills with solid food

Please make a follow-up appointment in one week, at the reception desk as you leave.