Dear all,
My 14 years old daughter has had an an haematoma on her face for 2 months now.
When it appeared at first we thought it was cystic acnea but then it kept growing and became red. We went to the GP who thought haematoma rather than cyst. Prescribed an Ultrasound which confirmed it ("focal thickening with some oedema in the fat layer of the cheek with increased vascularity - haematoma following injury or inflamatory lesion with no apparent cause").
The GP has referred us to a plastic surgeon who cannot see her until March ! In the mean time it does not improve at all and even gets more red and swollen ; I'm quite worried and in the mean time the GP does not want to touch it.
What should I do? Is it normal for an haematoma to take so long to heal - and not to subside at all during so long !
There is not a lot you can do and try not to fuss as this will worry your daughter . Your daughter may have had some sort of injury to her cheek and its caused a tiny bleed in the deeper tissues. If you are really worried go back to your GP who can try and hasten the appointment with the Plastic surgeon if he thinks it is getting too big or unsightly.
A plastic surgeon is the right person to sort this out.
Thx Marina
We have been able to see another plastic surgeon. He has aspired the haematoma twice already (a week apart).
The first time it was only blood.
The second time he suspects and infection may have set-in (even though my daughter has been on Keflex since the first one). The surgeon said that the infection “may be positive” as it may “push out” whatever is causing the bleeding ?
We have the opportunity to see a vascular and dermal ultrasound specialist but this would stretch our out-of pocket expenses very significantly so we are holding up on this one - trusting the surgeon for the time being,