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I know this seems very vain however, can anyone tell me when they started to see their scars fade and what did you use to make them go away? I know everyone's skin is different!!! Thanks

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I'm not sure how fast mine started to fade, but at 15 months post-op, my 4 small incisions look like (dime sized) faded freckles. The big incision is very faded (compared to right after surgery) and just looks like someone made a 2 inch horizontal line on my stomach with a brown highlighter! :-P

Here's the big scar, the small ones don't even show up when I try to take a pic.

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I had my sleeve done laporoscopic surgery on Feb 26... I can hardly see the tiny marks from the surgery... I wouldn't even call them scars at all....... the only ones that are darker are the two tiny marks on my navel.... that really aren't noticable and even if i ever got thin enough to wear low wasted pants and short tops ( mid drift) exposing my abdoment people would probably just think that the marks if they are stil there on either side of my navel might be from a belly button ring piercing LOL...... :D My doc is an excellent surgeon .... he did a wondeful job and didn't make my abdoment look scarred up....:)

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I used Maderma, but at 3 mos. the scars are still pretty visible (especially the big one).

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I'm using Maderma but it's so darn expensive for such a little tube the scars will never fade without breaking the bank

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My big scar is raised and puffy, that runs in my family. If I ever have a bikini body I'll just tell people I was stabbed... they'll think I'm tough lol...

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I'm using Maderma but it's so darn expensive for such a little tube the scars will never fade without breaking the bank

Bio oil and Vitamin E cream are great, affordable options. My friends who just had babies rave about bio oil. Good luck! I like the stabbing idea lol! I scar badly. I had a small, benign tumour cut out of my back and the scar it twice the size of the tumour! It looks like a bullet scar, so I tell people my partner shot me when it tried to leave! He's a darling btw lol

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I hope mine will fade with time....the other day my mom was looking at my belly and told me it looked like I had been stabbed multiple times. Not exactly the look I want to have!

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I hope mine will fade with time....the other day my mom was looking at my belly and told me it looked like I had been stabbed multiple times. Not exactly the look I want to have!

LOL - Leave it to Mom!

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Im grateful for my stab wounds. They remind me what I've committed to. I am about 5 months out and they're starting to fade. I don't put anything special on them, as my skin tends to heal pretty well.

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