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I have a favor. I am trying to find pics of well-healed scars after VGS surgery. I see fresh ones, but not a lot of healed ones. Would anyone be willing to share a pic of your tum? Various stages of healing (fresh to well healed) would probably be appreciated by all. Thanks in advance.

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These are two of my scars 19 weeks out. I've been using Mederma since about two weeks post op.

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I don't have a pic... I guess I should take one...but I'm using the scar cream from InsureNutrition.com so they are barely there :)

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One of the good things about the incision scars is that as we shrink so do they :P

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Not bad sunflower, especially for 19 weeks out. I have heard about mederma too. Thanks.

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I can't get a good picture but I promise you I have no visible scars. There are a few faint marks if you look with one of those lighted magnifying glass things and know what you are looking for, but nothing that can be seen with the naked eye. I didn't use any scar cream or anything like that. I think that you get a lot less scarring if your surgeon uses surgical glue to close the incisions rather than sutures or staples. That's the only reason I can think of that I don't have any visible scars - I certainly have them other places on my body from other incisions and wounds, so it isn't like I have magically non-scarring skin! ^_^

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I'll be two weeks post op on Friday. :-) so far I'm quite happy with my incisions there are seven including one in my belly button. Already can barely see a couple of them!post-241496-0-22041200-1418304091_thumb.jpg post-241496-0-85364200-1418304114_thumb.jpg post-241496-0-92661200-1418304129_thumb.jpg

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I can't figure out how to post my picture

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I'm 10 days shy of 1 year postop. These are the only three scars you can see. The drain hole and incision at the bottom of my sternum are not visible. Oh, and the scar at the top of my belly button is where my belly ring got ripped out when I got it caught on a tie down hook 4 years ago (cause my belly stuck out too far!)

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Ok this isn't posting so I shall try it for a 3rd time!.........ok sorry I tried to submit a pic but this thing is acting crazy and it's about to make me have a nervous breakdown so I give up!post-237766-0-29728100-1418321494_thumb.jpg finally! I did it!!! This has become more of a "I will beat this computer" pic than anything BUT try to avoid the staples if you can. I wish I had known he was going to do that I would have pleaded out of it but oh well it is what it is! Oh and it's only 5 weeks out.

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post-210199-14182610926035_thumb.jpgthese are my 6 day post op scars. 6 holes lol

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This is 2 weeks today!

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