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Suggest Treatment For Abscess In The Buttock

Last year I developed an abscess in my buttcrack. It was large, hot to the touch, and full of our that finally drained out upon leaving the emergency room. I did not have a surgical procedure to drain it, Instead, the antibiotics I was given through an iv drip led to the abcess going away. My healing process was quick and not painful. Everything was normal until I realized that my buttcrack felt different. It seems that my buttcrack skin fused together in one spot (where the abscess was) and then it splits like a buttcrack should. It almost looks like a perinatal dimple and it feels like a scar. It doesn't hurt, it just itches occasionally. Can you tell me what and how it developed and is it related to an abcess? Will I be okay?
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Hello
Thanks for the query .
This is scar due to healed lesions.
When abscess forms there develops swelling and this causes stretching of adjoining skin , when it heals ( subsides ) there develops fibrosis and from scar . When there is itching take levocetrizine 5 mg , whenever require . In my opinion this is a permanent scar and it will remain forever.
Only surgery can help but in my opinion this is not good .
If you don't feel any thing wrong ( about cosmetic purposes ) forget about this.
Good luck.
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Suggest Treatment For Abscess In The Buttock

Hello Thanks for the query . This is scar due to healed lesions. When abscess forms there develops swelling and this causes stretching of adjoining skin , when it heals ( subsides ) there develops fibrosis and from scar . When there is itching take levocetrizine 5 mg , whenever require . In my opinion this is a permanent scar and it will remain forever. Only surgery can help but in my opinion this is not good . If you don t feel any thing wrong ( about cosmetic purposes ) forget about this. Good luck.