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Had surgery last week. nurse told me my badages would come off after i shower. i took 3 already and they still on. can i take them off myself?
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No: Let your bandages fall on its own. If it are steri strips they are holding edges of your wound together. They will fall in a few days.
Answered 4/17/2013
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