1st Shower after Surgery

[Mamarotten 1]

My Dr. said it would be ok to shower 48 hours after surgery. Well 48 hours has passed and I am ready to shower. I just took a peek under the bandages and it looks like there are little strips of tape over the incissions. Do I remove those or leave them on?:tt1:

[Windus 0]

They had me shower the next morning after surgery before I was released. I was told to leave the strips on but take off any gauze covering and leave that off after the shower.

[whobuddy711 1]

Those are called steri strips. Go ahead and shower and they will slowly come off over the next couple of weeks.:tt1:

[Mamarotten 1]

Thank you for that bit of info:thumbup:

[kagead 0]

Double check your discharge instructions, but the previous answers are correct.

My instructions said if they did not come off on their own, I could remove them 14 days post-op. They were tenacious suckers and only one had come off on its own! I was thrilled when I peeled off the 4 remaining ones because they were itching me like crazy!:tt1:

kagead

[jingleboob 5]

steri strips are holding your incisions together... no stitches... they're super sticky so will stay on for a while, but don't take them off yet. let your incisions heal well becauseif you pull on them you can actually pull your incision open a little if it's too soon (as I did after my gallbladder surgery... I'm a little OCD with band aids and things with edges that curl up...)

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[btrieger 21]

I had no bandages and got the ok to shower immediately after surgery. I was told to not scrub to vigorously at the scars.