Hello Doctor, I am 51 and healthy. I banged my shin on a elevator step on the back of a truck which split the skin about 1cm. I put antiseptic cream on it at fist due to the lack of bleeding and as it was a split only and not gaping at all. More like a puncture wound. This happened approx 8 weeks ago. As it has healed I have noticed a vein is present under the wound and suggest I may have damaged it. The wound has healed except for a tiny scab and a little redness. I showed a doctor about 2 weeks after injury. It just seems a very slow recovery. Any suggestions.
Hello, You said you are 51, and you are healthy. And you also said it's a delayed healing of your wound. Delayed healing of wound is on sign of diabetes. So do you have checked for diabetes? If you have diabetes, so it is normal that healing is slow. You just have to take care of your wound, that it doesn't get worsen.