Itching belly from stitches

[jackie_2 4]

I was sleeved on June 9 and my belly is sooooooo itchy I'm going crazy!! Steri strips still on but is there anything I can do? Don't wanna scratch them it's so hard not to!! How long does this last? Is it Normal? Ty!

[knitlil09 91]

I am having the same problem. Some of my steristrips have started to fall off, but the big incisions still have them. It also tends to come and go. What I found helps, because I am unsure whether I am allowed to put anything on it is to ice it for a little while. You might want to give that a try, but don't ice for more than 20 minutes at a time.

[jackie_2 4]

I am having the same problem. Some of my steristrips have started to fall off, but the big incisions still have them. It also tends to come and go. What I found helps, because I am unsure whether I am allowed to put anything on it is to ice it for a little while. You might want to give that a try, but don't ice for more than 20 minutes at a time.

Thank you!! I will try ice I'm going crazy wanting to scratch my entire belly ahaha

[knitlil09 91]

Thank you!! I will try ice I'm going crazy wanting to scratch my entire belly ahaha

Me too! It's not just on the incision sites. It seems like when it comes on, I feel it all over my belly. It's terrible!

[Wynnie 186]

Oh I hear ya! Sleeved on 6/12 and they used glue but still so itchy starting yesterday!

[Forsythia 882]

Yes, itching is normal. Its a side effect of the healing process within your body. You might notice the same thing if you trip and scrape your knee. Where the skin knits itself back together from the cells working over time to repair, you get the itchies. I always felt it helped to scratch near the offending area but not directly on the area so as not to redamage it!

[Patoonces 13]

in case I didn't reply I know what you mean, I had almost an allergic puffiness around each one I thought I was losing my mind! Nothing helped too much except time, 3 days, but at the end I bought Benedryl Spray and it did help a little btw

[Juba 19]

Mine were glued and they drove me bonkers!! I found keeping them well moisturized several times a day helped a lot with the itching. Even 9 weeks out I have days where they still itch but I think that's probably more internal healing now.

[misslisa906 7]

I'm eight weeks out and mine itch all day every day. It's driving me up a wall lol. All my stitches have come off or fallen out at this point so it must be internal healing, which is probably why no matter how hard I itch.. I just can't seem to get to the source lol. I'll take a little itchiness as long as I keep loosing this weight though