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I went to the doc on Friday and he gave me an antibiotic b/c my incision was a bit infected so I'm 5 days taking my antibiotic but my incision and all around is very sensitive - almost like a burn, I put a huge bandaid on it with neosporin but the bandaid made it worse.

Any suggestions as to sooth this skin irritation? it really hurts, otherwise I'd be feeling much better and more like myself.

Also, when does the budda belly go down, I'm chuncky around the middle but my belly is really bloated and hard - not my usual belly???

I'm two weeks post-op.

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you maybe allergic to the bandaid, I have heard sometimes that some people break out in a rash because of the adhesive. You are bloated because of the gas they put in your stomach to do the surgery. You can try gas x to for relief and walk around. It will pass.

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you maybe allergic to the bandaid' date=' I have heard sometimes that some people break out in a rash because of the adhesive. You are bloated because of the gas they put in your stomach to do the surgery. You can try gas x to for relief and walk around. It will pass.[/quote']

Thanks - it's been two weeks, how long do u carry this gas around???

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I went to the doc on Friday and he gave me an antibiotic b/c my incision was a bit infected so I'm 5 days taking my antibiotic but my incision and all around is very sensitive - almost like a burn, I put a huge bandaid on it with neosporin but the bandaid made it worse.

Any suggestions as to sooth this skin irritation? it really hurts, otherwise I'd be feeling much better and more like myself.

Also, when does the budda belly go down, I'm chuncky around the middle but my belly is really bloated and hard - not my usual belly???

I'm two weeks post-op.

I always tell newly banded people to NEVER touch those steri strips, let them fall off and avoid letting the shower hit that area for about 6 weeks after surgery.

This is why surgeons put those clear steri strips there and they are clear and allow the incisions to breath and they are sterilized.

Those incisions need to stay clean and dry and not smothered with a bandaid to add moistness.

You do not want to start any type of an infection, I would let that entire area breath and don't put nothing on it, I would wear loose clothing too for at least 6 more weeks until that port area heals. I think the bandaid was a bad idea.

That is the worse part of recovery for that port area to heal good.

hope you feel better.

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I'm no doctor so this is just a guess based on my own experience, but it sounds like you're having allergic reaction to the adhesives in the band aids. If you had surgical tape or steri strips on the red irritated area, they could've caused it as well.

Definitely talk to your doctor to be sure, but when this happened to me (many times, btw) I found Bendadryl cream on the skin really helped ease it a lot (but not on the actual incision or broken skin). Going forward, I only used cloth or paper tape so that didn't happen.

Best wishes.

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I too had a allergic reaction to the steri strips. all of my incisions and i had a lot of them. (i went in for a gastric bypass) so more incisions were made to try and make it happen. but i am now glad i have the band. God was watching me that day. anyways. i got so red and itchy from the steri strips and the benedine antiseptic they use to clean your abd. that i was just miserable. i used plain old soap and Water on a washrag and carefully removed all the orange antiseptic and than i sprayed benedryl all over my abd. oh it felt so good. but it really helped to get the orange stuff off.

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I was using large band-aids and changing them twice per day. Well.... apparently that was too many changes because it ripped a big chunk of skin off on a couple sites.... hurts worse than the incisions ever did!!! :blink:

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This is why surgeons put those clear steri strips there and they are clear and allow the incisions to breath .

I would let that entire area breath .

It's hard to let them breath when two of the incisions are up under my boobs ;) I am trying as best I can to keep them clean and dry :)

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