A 38-year-old African American woman with a BMI of 28.13 and an allergy to codeine and iodine () was prepped with chlorhexidine gluconate and the following sutures were utilized: deep polyglactin 910, deep poliglecaprone 25, and intracuticular poliglecaprone 25. The patient presented eight days later with numerous erythematous papules on the upper poles of the breasts that had presented that morning. Over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream had not alleviated symptoms. She was instructed to continue hydrocortisone. Ten days later, the rash had spread to her flexor forearms. She began a methylprednisone taper pack and the rash resolved within two days.
A 37-year-old woman developed an itchy erythemato-eczematous and papulovesicular lesion around her surgical wound on the fourth postoperative week (Fig. ). After treatment with an antihistamine and local steroid ointment, the skin lesions resolved completely.