Glued Incisions-Removing Glue

[banded213 7]

How did you get the glue off? Are we supposed to try and remove it? I had my post-op appt yesterday and the doc said I can now wash with soap and Water but that doesn't remove it. Will it enventually come off or should I use something? Or do I let it be, I don't want glue on my tummy for weeks or months! :sad:

[june09bandit 0]

I don't know how to get it off quickly. I just kept showering normally and it eventually all went away.

[arthukd 1]

When I removed the strips from surgery, there was sticky stuff from the tape and I just rubbed it off or washed it off in the shower...I did not remove any glue that was sealing up my incisions.

[Mimilou2004 13]

It will start drying and curling up at the edges in a very few days and you will be able to peal it off. Until that happens it is recommended that it be left in place.

Mimi

[ElfiePoo 109]

The edges of mine kept curling up and I just took my tiny sewing scissors and snipped off the curling ends, per my doc's instructions. I left the rest alone and let it come off naturally. Finally at 8 weeks, he said that I could use by shower brush to 'lightly' wash the rest of the glue off if it wasn't off by then.

.

[MingoLingo 0]

I just let mine "wear" off in the shower. I had no restrictions about bathing or showering after surgery.

[SoccerMomma73 1,867]

If you're referring to the suger-glue like stuff they use instead of tape sometimes, it will wear off a couple weeks after surgery. I think within 2 weeks I was glue-free. I just washed with soap and Water and my "poof" in the shower.

[minimeme 1]

The scabby super glue on the actual incision will either fade or eventually peel off. My smaller ones never peeled, they just sorta faded. My 2 largest/worst peeled up like a scab.

The clear top coating will just wear off with regular washing.

[banded213 7]

Thanks everybody I will just let them be until they start to come off on it's own. :sad:

[barbie1978 22]

DON"T PEEL THEM!!! My surgeon was VERY strict on that...he said they will come off when i was healed...well i will say that one of my incisions the glue was rising up so after about 2 weeks i just 'scratched' it off...big mistake. Most of it was not ready and that incision expanded...mind you, it did not open, but instead of having a little line for an incision like my other ones are, it's the size of my thumb :thumbup: That's what happens when you take it off before it's ready....