Story about surgical tape

After swimming and showering, I started noticing "rusting" along my scar from chest surgery --- brown splotches here and there. I was wondering if somehow the chlorine was rusting out surgical wire.

The splotches would fade until the next time I went swimming.

After some weeks, I realized that, even though the chest surgery was more than a year earlier, the splotches were from glue residue from the tape they used to put me back together.

Seems I had carefully avoided scrubbing that area for more than a year. Finally, scraped it all off with my fingernail.

2 Comments

Gorilla Glue

by Parrothead57 - 2011-10-26 02:10:59

And the adhesive from the ECG patches can be long lasting as well. I have found dirt outlines on my chest and shoulders days after removal. It requires hard scrubbing with gasoline and brillo pads. Just kidding.

Scars on my chest

by sfbaywalk - 2011-10-26 07:10:49

I have so many scars, I am afraid to take my shirt off at the pool.

Young people might see me and decide that tattoos are now out of fashion.

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