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I had my surgery laparoscopic. How long before they are completely healed?

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I am 3 weeks today and mine still aren't even close to being healed.

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I will be 8 weeks tomorrow and mine look great. At about 4 weeks mine were closed and healed.

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I had my surgery laparoscopic. How long before they are completely healed?

I had a total of five sites the first 4 took less than a week to close the fifth one took about 3 weeks.

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I think I have a day 3 pic and a week 2 pic if you check my gallery pics

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Mine healed really nice in like 2 weeks. I did not have sutures nor staples, I just had Steri Strips to keep them closed. My surgeon pulled them off 2 wks after surgery.

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I had one stitch in the 4 small incisions and 2 the 2 larger ones. My stitches still haven't dissolved and I was just wondering.

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Mine were healed in less than two weeks. No staples or stitches, just glue.. The incisions are nice and smooth no bumps. My primary was like he (my surgeon) is a pro. :)

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Mine were glued. About 10 days post op the glue peeled off and they were all closed.

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Mine are great

2 days post op:

Surgery Date: May 2, 2013 - Amount Lost: 30lbs

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& 18 days post op:

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Surgery Date: May 2, 2013 - Amount Lost: 30lbs

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Geez. My date was 4/22 & mine still have scabs and bits of the stitches sticking out.

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Mine was done with the Da Vinci robot. Idk if that makes a difference on the healing process. But, I just washed with soap and Water everyday and they healed way faster than I expected. Lol

Surgery Date: May 2, 2013 - Amount Lost: 32lbs

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Mine were glued with steristrips. At two weeks when they started coming off, they were closed and all. I kept one on for 4 weeks though. Never any issues with them.

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