Patient education
Infection After Cosmetic Procedures: Recognising and Managing Problems
Written for someone who has had a procedure and is worried about a wound. What ordinary healing does, why the direction of redness matters more than its presence, what discharge suggests, how a suspected infection is sampled and treated, and why an implant changes the rules.
All guides
10 guides
- Redness, Warmth and Swelling After a Procedure: What Is OrdinaryNormal healing
- Spreading Redness: Why the Edge and the Direction Matter MostRed flags
- Fever and Chills After a Cosmetic ProcedureRed flags
- Discharge From a Wound: What the Appearance SuggestsRed flags
- The Red Flags That Need Same-Day AssessmentTriage
- What to Do Now, and What Not to Do at HomeImmediate action
- How a Suspected Infection Is Assessed and SampledWork-up
- Why the Antibiotic Has to Match the CauseTreatment
- Infection Around an Implant: Why the Rules ChangeRisks
- When Infection Needs Surgery, and What the Operation Can SaveSurgery
Direction matters more than appearance
If a wound is red, discharging or painful, contact your treating team and describe where the redness reaches and whether that edge has moved. For spreading redness, a red line up a limb, fever with chills or skin that has changed colour, seek emergency care now.