I am 6 weeks post-op. My doctor told me to leave the steri-strips on and that they would fall off by themselves. He wanted them to stay on for about 2 weeks, so he told me to take short showers as the Water will cause them to loosen. At exactly 2 weeks, the first strip fell off. Over the next week, the others fell off so that by 3 weeks they were all off.
The adhesive left glue smudges on my skin, which took another 3 weeks to finally come clean. Hope this helps.