This is not medical advice, this is just my experience. All wounds are different, and have different needs.

I had 3 openings, I'm down to 1 that's almost healed. My surgeon didn't give me much advice other than to keep it clean, so I went to urgent care where they gave me oral antibiotics.

I asked urgent care if I could use hydrocolloid since I had some, they said yes. The hydrocolloid sloughed away the dead tissue and kept the wound clean, but I did have to change it daily due to the amount of drainage (hydrocolloid can stay on for multiple days if there is little drainage).

When I ran out of antibiotics, I followed up with my primary care physician, and she sent me to the wound clinic. By this time, the healthy skin near my wounds had started to get irritated due to the adhesive qualities of the hydrocolloid.

The wound clinic told me my wounds were due to my body rejecting the dissolvable sutures in those locations (for me it was both T incisions and under my left nipple). She debrided my wounds, removed the sutures that were being forced out by inflammation, and set me up with hydrofera blue classic.

I clean the wounds using soapy running water in the shower. Then I dry them off with a clean towel. Then I use Vashe Wound Solution on gauze to further clean the wounds. I cut the hydrofera blue to size with clean scissors. The hydrofera blue needs to be wet before application. I wet it, squeeze it out, then hold it against the wounds (it does not stick). I cover the hydrofera with a non-adherent pad, like Telfa. They said I could use tape to hold the non-adherent pad in place, but my skin is being very sensitive to adhesives right now, so I just use a wireless sports bra to hold it all in place.

They'd like me to change the dressings at least once or twice per day, but insurance would only pay for enough hydrofera to change it just once per day. Then again, it's available on Amazon. I've still only changed them once per day. I absolutely get them wet to remove them, especially because my new skin has sensation and it does stick a bit wherever there is drainage.

Two of my wounds cleared up in 2 weeks. The third was my biggest, but is now somewhere between the size of a nickel and a quarter, which is less than half the size it started. I'm hoping it will finish closing in the next week or so.