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A member asked:
I had split thickness skin grafts to my legs 10 months ago, am i ok to go swimming?
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Mmmmmm...: I'm not sure we'd be the right people to answer this question for you. Skin grafts can be quite fragile at times. Have you been following up with the surgeon who did them? That would be the physician to really know how these have healed over the past 10 months and if something like swimming would be safe. Lots of bacteria in water, you know.
Answered 5/18/2017
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