Azflyer, now that you’ve had your flexNExT for a week, may I bother you to ask you post a photo of the scar line / stitches, and generally what your hand looks like now?
If he approaches you with a stapler, you should refuse
That’ll do it !
Hehe, true…
But I trust him a lot… like, a LOT, and I simply hope he has some good ideas. He’s going to do a whole lot of stuff to my body in the future, so I guess he wouldn’t F that up
Just thinking about it… His studio is named “Stigmata”, so it would be strangely fitting… NOW I’m getting nervous!
You didn’t ask me, but I just saw this after posting a 8th-day update picture on a different thread, so I thought I’d share:
Thanks - just saw it too.
That looks neat and clean. Thanks for the picture.
Is that a vein showing through the implant of a photo artifact? I didn’t think that was possible.
The skin looks a bit white over the implant. I’m hoping the center hole in mine will help blood vessels reconnect to the skin and avoid that, to be honest.
The white and the “vein” are from the band aid adhesive
Ah right. Funny how it looks like natural features in a photo.
Day 8, new pictures. The implant is quite visible when I close my fist but not in other positions as expected.
Is it uncomfortable when making a fist, when gripping objects (be that tightly or loosely), or when bending at the wrist?
Not uncomfortable at all. Un can feel it when tightening my fist but it’s not annoying
I take it back, after looking closely this is definitely a small vein. Doesn’t seem to cause a problem though and it helps make the implant less visible…
Fascinating. Is the vein under or above the implant?
Above weird
Interesting. Well, as long as it feels comfortable and doesn’t cause any issues, I don’t see a reason for concern.
Day 10 update. Stitches removed, the wound is sealed but it looks a bit ugly, it makes a groove. I hope it fixes itself over time photos up there Definitely not as clean as @Ottomagne 's
I have a feeling you removed them too soon. I had stitches on my chest once from a nevus removal that I took out too early (I had to, for complicated reasons) and it looked exactly like that. The wound stayed closed, but the scar line stretched. Now the skin there is very thin and the scar looks like an old bullet wound.
I’d do something to avoid putting any tension on the skin there for at least one more week if I was you - like tape or something.