Should I Reimplant in a Spot with Scar Tissue?
Back in December I bought a the necessary supplies and went for it. Long story short, I did pretty well except for my lack of sutures and I cut at a 90 degree angle instead of 45 (I did not realize how bad this was.) All went well and it seemed to be healing up nicely. I then took a vacation where my implant started to show signs of rejection, alas I didn't have any tools with me except my last steristrips and some emergency band-aids. I stubbornly kept the magnet in with band-aids even though flesh and the magnet were poking out 1/4 of a centimeter. Eventually I accepted that it had rejected and I took it out to reimplant later, however I lost the M31 and carried on with my life. Here I am roughly 7 months later with a scar barely noticeable unless you squeeze it. I bought 2 more magnets and some supplies from dangerous things and eBay. (Slight tangent: by looking on the Wikipedia page of the ulnar nerve I realize that I might have implanted wrong "This nerve is directly connected to the little finger, and the adjacent half of the ring finger" I implanted on the side of the ring finger towards the thumb, did I do this incorrectly?) I am planning to implant a magnet on the median and ulnar line namely the index and ring finger, however the scar tissue makes me wonder if it would be better to implant on the pinkie. Thoughts? (Sorry about the big block of text; I'm typing this in a phone.)
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I read up on technique recently and in December. The reason I didn't do it correctly is that I was too much of a wimp to use sutures which I now realize is stupid and I forgot at what angle to cut, definitely won't be making those mistakes now. :)
P.S. Consistency as in visually or to touch? To touch I can't tell the difference between the left ring ringer and the right; the scar is not raised.