I suspect my surgeon may tell me more in a few days when I go for my first check up, but I hear about this granulisation thing and wonder what it is, what it looks like, what might cause it, what complications can it cause and how it might be fixed. Anyone know anything?
If it becomes an issue they use silver nitrate sticks to fix.
Here is a link:
www.wcauk.org/downloads/booklet_overgranulation.pdf
Dr. McGinn has me (at 3 weeks) applying hydrocortisone 1% into my vagina once a day for 6 weeks to help reduce the chance of granulation. You may want to discuss that with your doctor.
Granulation is actually a necessary step in the healing process; it's part of how the body creates new tissue to fill in a wound. However, sometimes, the healing process gets "stuck" at granulation - it does not progress naturally to the next steps - and in those cases, silver nitrate can usually burn away the excess and "reboot" the process. There really aren't any serious complications, and it's an easy fix. I like to stress that it's a *normal* part of wound healing, though, because that means everyone should expect at least the possibility of spotting some; the issue only arises if it sticks around too long and/or starts overgrowing.
It was described to me as looking like a raspberry: bright red, soft, bumpy flesh that isn't especially painful but bleeds easily.
Wikipedia has a little info on it, plus a rather gross picture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granulation_tissue
Thanks all. As expected the surgeon did have a chat about this and gave me something to deal with it should it arise.