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Abscess drained and skin still hard Posted: 06-16-08 19:22pm


I recently had an abscess on the joint of my elbow drained. The doctor told me to remove the packing after 48 hours.While removing packing I noticed there was still a 1 inch circle of hard skin still around incision. Is this just scar tissue? Is this normal?

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