Just curious

[Oompaloompa 2]

I had RNY on Dec 9 2014 and have 7- one was the drain, one in my belly button, one is large (inch) and the others tiny. I am not worried about them... Won't ever be in a bikini... Lol. I had 4 from my band 14 years ago, 5 when they took it out, a few extras from removal of gall bladder and these 7 brand new ones.... It's quite a pretty picture- join the dots my hubby says

[catdaddy 232]

Since Aug mine are nearly faded away. I don't know if they will be completely gone but they're so faint now I expect I won't mind going around shirtless.

[anaxila 501]

I had RNY, and I have five incisions: four in a row and one above. I just had surgery this week so I haven't seen the size of each incision, but I expect they will be nice complements to the incisions from gall bladder removal in 2012. Those are still visible 3 years after surgery, so I expect mine will never completely disappear but they're not too noticeable.

[lau4lau 7]

RNY and 6 incisions. Two that took 5 staples to close, one that took 4 and three that took 2. But I had to have a lot of extra work done due to lots of adhesions.

I am two weeks post op and I had adhesions too, did you loose a lot of blood? I lost a lot and had a transfusion because my hb dropped to 6. I feel great now!

[Mommabird 367]

No, I didn't have to have a blood transfusion. My blood counts dropped some, but not to that extent.

[wcdaniels 48]

I have five after my RNY. My wife jokes that it looks like someone stuck their fingers right into my stomach.

[Inizio 32]

7 incisions for lapband revision to RNY. The one where my port was taken out is a lot bigger. The others are all small, even the one where my drain was.

[gabbys_mom 7]

I had an open RNY. I look like Frankenstein. Any ideas on good scar treatments??

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I use Scarfade gel. I used it on my face after I had shingles. I also have a tendancy to keloid so in addition to the discoloration they end up raised and bumpy. All but the biggest is flat and the discoloration has faded some. I don't expect them to disappear completely because my hysterectomy scars never did. However with some careful TLC they can become less noticeable.

[chemistry3198 2]

I've always used Vitamen E oil for scars and it works pretty well.

[Becoming Bariatrical 26]

I had gallbladder removed 6 weeks before my RNY on October 2nd, 2014, so I ended up with 12!

My stomach is pretty crazy looking!

But I wouldn't change a THING!

[leemcel 8]

Same here I had gallstones, so I had my gallbladder removed a few months before my RNY surgery. Not crazy about the scars but hopefully in time they will be less noticeable

[HappyChic 32]

I had RNY with hernia repair and I have six incisions. I only had my surgery on Tuesday and am still in the hospital. I haven't had a chance to look yet - I'm just going by what the nurses told me.

**Now that I'm home from the hospital, I was able to count and I have 7 incisions.

Edited February 14, 2015 by HappyChic

[Susan317 0]

I had the RNY and only six small incisions that are covered with steri strips.

[lvan83 8]

Rny, 4 incisions