What were your incisions closed with?

[cazulay 0]

Super glue or whatever it's called.

[tlambright1986 0]

i had glue... i think.. dont think there was anything disolvable

[ingyrob 1]

I had glue, no problems apart from thyemlasting a long time and looking quite dirty

[nickle77 0]

glue, and stiches inside.

[Wheetsin 714]

Band incisions were closed with staples covered with sheets of clear sticker stuff. Had another lap surgery a few weeks ago and he used absorbable sutures and steristrips, covered with the same sticker. Except for the navel incision which was left as-is (and ended up pulling open).

I found the sutures & strips to be MUCH itcher than the staples, but the scarring (so far) much, much less.

[Daisalana 33]

He used dissolvable internal stitches and steristrips on me. He normally uses staples, but I made a big to-do about it, so he said he's try not to use staples unless he had to.

1 incision ended up bubbling out and forming a weird scar.

For my revision surgery it was steri-strips again.. not sure if there were any internal stitches.

[sunshine6855 0]

Dissolvable stitches inside, glue and steri-strips outside.

[happypatient 0]

In my case were stitches inside that dissolve in a couple of weeks, and glue in my skin (dermabond). I am great. My surgery was in Tijuana, B.C. Mexico. And my follow up by camera in the internet with my surgeon, and my doctor here in the US. Everything looks perfect.

Dr. Contreras Guarista.

Weightloss Management Clinic - Home

Tijuana, B.C. Mexico.

[nana811 0]

Glue and Steri Strips. Worked great so far. Glue is still on port site. I'll let you know when it all falls off on how the scar looks.

[Sue Magoo 71]

Lee:

I noticed that you had gall bladder surgery. I'm scheduled to get gall bladder removed in April. Any suggestions for someone who already has a band and is now getting gall bladder out? Had no complications with band surgery except nausea. I'm guessing there's no way to avoid that with the anesthesia. Band surgery was very easy recovery. How does the laproscopic gall bladder removal compare to band surgery?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Sue

[GreenChrysalis 1]

Dissolving stitches and Opsite dressings. My doc used to use steri-strips but said that many of his patients got rashes because of them (which has happened to me with past surgeries). The Opsite was great, it started peeling up on its own in a week and I took it the rest of the way, because I couldn't deal with the dirty half-peeled-up sticky stuff. My incisions look pretty good. I have been putting Mederma on them but I have so many scars and stretch marks already that it's not a huge deal to me.