Itchy???

[Loneil 25]

I'm itching like crazy around the wounds. I's this normal?

[1shauna1 129]

I believe that means they're healing! Annoying, but normal!

[yellowrose88 43]

Yes. How long have you been post op?

[Cazzy 725]

Try some mild anti-septic cream on the skin around the wound, not on it... its a sign of healing but sometimes our skin gets very dry and needs a little moisture to help ..

[Sarahbear0429 25]

I was banded on the 1st, and mine are itchy, too! It seems to be the worst at night, and I'm worried I will scratch my scabs off in my sleep. During the day, I just itch around them, being careful not to touch the actual incision site, so as not to introduce infection. But, yes....it's perfectly normal. We're healing up!

[Loneil 25]

What a relief! I'm doing the same just itchInf around them. I had my surgery on wed the 7th

[ladyfromirvine 22]

i broke out in the rash from hell from that damn glue they use and tape... drove me nuts.. but i put hydrocortosone 1% cream all around the wounds, not on them.. and that soothed the itch enough for me to live with it.. took 3 weeks to clear... DON'T whatever you do scratch.. if you do you can make striates.. which will stay with you a long time.. women do that in pregnancy and leave awful marks on their tummys.. just rub through your clothes lightly if its becoming nightmarish.. check with your docs too.. maybe they have some ideas for you. benadryl didn't work..calamine lotion didn't work...i just had to ride mine out.. when it finally abated.. i just used aloe or oil of olay lotion on my torso to cool it and to get the skin back to normal... oh the joys of lap band.. welcome to the club

[mandagay 93]

Lady from Irvine, I was banded on 3-1-12. How far out r u? R u from Irvine, CA?

[Kim Whiteman-Enos 0]

i am having the same issue this week i was told to use cortisone 10 around the incision site but not on it and let it air out

[ladyfromirvine 22]

i was bandedon feb 9th.. it wasn't bad enough to have the bloat, the gas, the burps the pain.... then i got the ITCH... i was wondering if i had been banded under an unlucky star. well the good news is, ITCH or no itch.. i lost 20 pounds and i' still haven't had a fill... my first fill is march 22nd.. im dying to know what being filled will really mean. I'm told I will feel full quicker.. that i won't want to eat large portions. etc etc.. i never knew it took so long to get some sort of HELP from this band.. up til now its all been white kknuckle dieting.. just like the old days.. only this time with the burps, the bloats, the pain.... and oh yes, the itch from the planet lapband.

[mandagay 93]

Lady from Irvine, as I read all the posts on here I feel exactly the same! I was banded on the first and isn't have an appetite because of all the things u just mention for the first four or five days but boy that is not the case now! Can't wait to actually feel like I am getting some help!

[ladyfromirvine 22]

and yes i live in irvine, ca...counting the days to get that fill.....eating my egg whites and dry toast...going to the gym... being good.. but i sure am feeling like this is taking an awfully long time. i guess i have the next 30 years to live... so waiting another 11 days for a fill is reasonable.

[mandagay 93]

I'm in irvine also. Had my post op visit today. Have lost 15 lbs! Course when ya can't eat..... Anyway, they set me up a two week app tent for my fill. I'm excited as I have been pretty hungry the last few days

[EReuter 1]

I was really itchy too. My incisions got all iritated. My Dr said I had a reaction to the strips they use to cover the incisions. I took Benadryl and felt a lot better. I know its had but try not to scratch the more you do the more it will itch.

[honk 780]

"I broke out in the rash from hell from that damn glue they use and tape... drove me nuts.. but i put hydrocortosone 1% cream all around the wounds, not on them.. and that soothed the itch enough for me to live with it.. took 3 weeks to clear... DON'T whatever you do scratch.. "

ME TOO. I should have expected it my mother also had horrible medical adhesive allergies.