How do I care for my wound after surgery?

Post-operative Instructions

After your parathyroid surgery you will have an adhesive bandage covering your wound called "steri-strips."  Try to keep the steri-strips and wound dry during the first week. Simply dry them after you shower. One week after surgery, you should wet the steri-strips in the shower and gently peel them off. You have a single skin suture that will dissolve so you do not need to return for suture removal. After the strips are removed, we recommend using antibiotic ointment (Bacitracin) for one week and then Mederma gel on the wound 3 times a day for 8 weeks.

Below, a primary hyperparathyroid patient discusses his experience with minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, his adenoma, The New York Center for Advanced Parathyroid Surgery, his scar, and how he discovered he had parathyroid disease.