Here's my update...I'm doing good, no pain, still a little swelling, tenderness around the incision and I'm still wearing my funny hat. I called Dr.'s office to find out if I still had to wear it and at the end of the day I got a call back and was told to keep it on and he will decide how much longer I have to wear it by next Tuesday. I have an appointment then.

My incision is beginning to look better and the part that was black is just scabbing over, it must have been badly bruise. We were thinking it was dead tissue - which was concerning to me. My incision is very noticable - about 1 1/2" long, by 1/2" thick at one end, behind/below the ear. The rest of the incision looks good, no scabs there. A little one where the drain was. No redness, just a little swelling around the incision, especially around the front of the ear and a little behind the ear. Other than that all is fine.