Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Osteoarthritis post #23

Protect your skin
You may think your flower beds need to be weed-free before your total joint surgery.  That’s fine.  However, you want your skin intact and infection free.  Your skin is an important defense against infection and you don’t want scratches, scrapes or infection which might compromise your skin’s healing and the results of your total joint surgery.  In the weeks prior to surgery and forever after surgery, you want to protect your skin.   

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