Seattle Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder recalls a Halloween to remember.
A couple of years ago around Halloween I had a patient play a very, very mean trick on me. She had had some major body contouring following her major weight loss and she had a few areas of her incision that festered because of spitting stitches. (Spitting stitches deserves it’s own blog so here is a link.)
These spitting stitches were a problem for several months after surgery but finally, we thought she had done all the spitting she was going to do.
Then, a year later, I saw her on my schedule and figured she had come in to explore her next “round” of surgical self improvement. I entered the exam room and she slipped down her slacks and said, “I think it’s another problem stitch”. She had a big dark and inflamed spot on her incision line and I just wanted to cry until upon closer inspection I saw it was a wound tattoo. Boy, she really had me for a few agonizing moments. We both had a good laugh (her more than me) and she sweetly gave me some fake wound tattoos that really, really look like the real thing. You may want to check these out in time for Halloween. Put on a few before your visit with your plastic surgeon. You just may give him/her a little trick and then a treat when he/she realizes it’s just a joke.
Happy Halloween and thanks for reading! Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder
@lisalynnsowder
