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I met with my surgeon Friday, March 26 and I am having my lap band surgery on Tuesday, May 11 and I was considering having the SILS procedure as opposed to the regular way. Has anyone had the SILS done and if so do you have any after pictures? I am interested because if I can limit the scars on my stomach I would rather go with the SILS. Thanks.:)

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Is that the single incision surgery you are talking about where they make the incision by the belly button? If so I had it done in Feb and its great...I have no scars! I know my surgery took a little bit longer then expected and I was REALLY sore compared to what other people usually describe but other then that I would do it all over again.

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YES, it is the single incision but they go through the belly button and put the port near your belly button. My concern is my belly button is gonna look stretched or deformed in some way, does yours look the same before surgery? He did inform me it would take about an hour and a half as opposed to an hour the regular way, but I'm ok with that.

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Yes my belly button looks totally normal!! the port is to the right of my belly button and i just had my first fill yesterday and he didn't have a problem finding it. My surgery took 3 hours...but i there was a slight complication and i had some bleeding. My surgeron said that not everyone is a candidate for this type of surgery...but he suggested it for me because i am young and dont carry a ton of my weight in my stomach to begin with. Once i get home today i wouldn't mind taking a picture and showing you what it looks like...because it really looks like a normal belly button with a very minor scar on the sides of it. Let me know and good luck!:)

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Awesome! That would be great if you could send me a pic, if you don't mind? You have put some of my doubts at ease.

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