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I had my surgery on 02/28. I am almost two weeks out. My steri strips havent really budged at all. When did everyone else's strips fall off?

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I was glued up, but most of it was gone by my 2 week check up.

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The edges of mine peeled up and I kept trimming the loose edges, leaving the part that was still stuck. Showering seemed to loosen them. Finally they fell off totally at about 3 weeks.

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Mind fell off at around 5 weeks. ;)

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I had surgical glue. Two came off by day 14, then another by day 20. The last two took the longest, the ones closest to the bellybutton. I think those were a solid four weeks.

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Good to know!!

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My skin really holds adhesive so my doc gave me adhesive remover pads because they would not come off. I had to wet with warm soapy Water and use those. It felt so good to have them off.

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Thank you everyone for your great advice.

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