Fractured Wrist: In splint for 5 weeks, soreness/swelling normal?

@bebold
A dermatologist can inject kenalog directly into keloid scars to flatten out the scar, take away the redness and eliminate the pain. I had the injections in keloid scars from my mastectomies. I received injections every few months. Each time they would stop the pain for a few months. After 2.5 years of injections the scars were flat, light colored and most importantly were no longer causing horrible shooting pains all day long.

Interesting! I'm having my hip replaced soon. Good to know! Thanks.
Bebold

@bebold
A dermatologist can inject kenalog directly into keloid scars to flatten out the scar, take away the redness and eliminate the pain. I had the injections in keloid scars from my mastectomies. I received injections every few months. Each time they would stop the pain for a few months. After 2.5 years of injections the scars were flat, light colored and most importantly were no longer causing horrible shooting pains all day long.

@bebold
Be sure to let the surgeon know you get keloid scars. There are steps they can tape like extra taping to prevent them. Some doctors are not that familiar with keloids so I hope yours is. When I had my C-section I got a hypertrophic scar instead of keloid. It’s the lesser of two evils. Smaller, less painful and flattened on its own in a couple years. You may or may not get a keloid, but an ounce of prevention…😊

I fell on concrete in November of 2023. When I fell on my right side I broke my wrist in two places and also it jammed my elbow into my rib cage. I had just got out of a sling after a reverse total shoulder on the same side. I was black and blue for weeks. I wore a brace for 6 weeks. My wrist still hurts and the top of my hand still hurts. It has been 6 months.
I just had a nerve conduction and muscle test that showed I have carpal tunnel and elbow impingement on my right arm. I think the fall and injury did do more damage than first thought. I am 74. I have burning and tingling in all my fingers and thumb, and across my palm.
I went to two orthopedic surgeons for consult-the first said it was not carpal tunnel but suggested I do the nerve and muscle testing.

@californiazebra , i wish i had known about this. I had a hip replacement in January 2023. The scar from that incision is red and raised. So far , i haven’t noticed any pain, but it is unsightly.

You should see my terrible, wide, knee scar from surgery when I was 15. When they replaced it in 08, they had to go over the same scar because they were afraid the skin between two scars would die.

@walk4life
If it’s not painful, it may be hypertrophic not keloid. Hypertrophic stays right along the incision like my C-section scar. Keloid branches out, is larger and usually painful and/or itchy. I also have a keloid on my shoulder that started from a smallpox vaccination (2” x 1/2”) red/raised) then I had scar revision surgery at 11 (bad idea and the plastic surgeon skipped the country when things went south). The scar came back 5” x 2” red and raised. Pain/itching. It took 30 years to flatten and lose color on its own. One small portion is still a little raised and red after 56 years.

It’s never too late to get the kenalog injections. I endured constant level 10 shooting and slicing pains for 2.5 years after my mastectomies until my dermatologist talked me into the injections. It took another 2.5 years getting about 15 injections at a time every few months but so worth it. I have about 22” of scars on my chest from the inverted T incisions. I was quite stunned by that since photos on the Internet are just two straight lines. Hmmm. Get a dermatologist who has had success with it. I had the painful injections in my shoulder scar as a kid and it didn’t help. My current dermatologist says it’s a skilled procedure so choose your doctor wisely.

@californiazebra , thanks for the response. I may have the hypertrophic scar. I had an emergency c-section 47 years ago and had a wide raised scar. I am thinking that is also a hypertropic scar. I recently had an ORIF on my wrist. So far that incision seems thin. I am hoping it will not look like the other surgical scars.