How long until the steril strips fall off?

[Firecallie 2]

I think that's what they are called anyway. The strips that you are supposed to let fall off on their own (I think they are like stitches).

[HarleyNana 10]

After a couple of soapy showers and the final few came off at Dr's office for first check up.

[Spydr 0]

I had surgery ont Wednesday and the strips on 2 of my cuts have fallen off. It's tempting to want to pull them off but I don't. I have a post op visit on Wednesday and I hope Dr Jay will take the others off so I know how things are healing.

[NJChick 3]

Mine didn't come off, I had to take them off on the 5th day, I did it in the shower

[HeatherGurl 0]

My Dr. said that I could remove them after 10 days if they had not come off yet... call your Dr.'s office to be sure.

[TrishS 3]

mine fell off within a week... one was a little stuck but barely after all the others came off.. so i just helped it a little.

[bandayed 0]

I had them for my surgery and 2 csections as well and they never really came off. I start by trimming the loose edges as they lift and eventually they mostly came off -- maybe 2 weeks though. There was one part that was stuck in a little scab where I had some leakage and when I removed it it took the scab too and now my scar is wider and bumpy there so BE CAREFUL. If it seems attached to the wound itself, I would keep the curling up edges trimmed back and just let it dry up and fall off itself........With my csections they never came off -- I removed them.

[JAYGERL05 0]

My doctor told me if my bandages came off the sterile strips in the shower to put new bandages over them, so that is what I did everyday for 2 weeks, during my check up he took them off.

[dolphin_dreams 0]

My doctor said that the longer they stayed on the better.