Those Post Gastric Sleeve Surgery Site "lumps"- How To Reduce?

[sirensiren 67]

Thanks to the beautiful work of Dr. Kelly. at 2 weeks my incisions are nearly invisible, yay! But....those surgery site lumps are pretty prominent.

Anyone been given any tips to help break them up or flatten them? I assume time will just help, but I know in the case of cosmetic surgeries where the tissue is hard and traumatized from surgery, massage is encouraged once soreness goes away.

Thoughts?

[clk 3,519]

Sometimes massage will break up a scar but I find it tough to massage my belly!

Time will always help but I still have a few lumpy scars even though it's been more than a year. I have a nasty scar on my leg from an injury and right around three years out it faded away almost completely. I still have some lumpy tissue on one side but with massage (it's easier to massage an ankle than a belly) it's broken down quite a bit. I use some Vitamin e - not sure if it actually helps the scar but it makes massage easier.

Good luck with this one. Maybe someone will have a good suggestion.

~Cheri

[gracemarie 6]

At only a couple weeks out, don't worry about the lumps, that is the healing process going on and they will most likly completly go away.

[wishes 125]

Mine went away on there own at about 6 weeks out.