Incisions healing - do mine look "normal" ?

[no onions 258]

Hi all,

I have a Dr. appt on Friday, but in advance, I'd like your (personal post-op or professional) opinion(s) on whether my incisions look ok - they are not pretty. I am 5 weeks out and the dermabond glue is just now starting to fall off. The glue fell off of the upper incision this morning (photo img_0354) in the shower and that particular incision looks very red to me. It is possible that it became irritated by my undershirt moving against it.

Overall, I feel pretty good, my incisions do not hurt, they are slightly warm (if at all), but they do itch a bit.

In any event, your thoughts? Thanks in advance.

[Shustar 395]

Look fine! I have seen you post before and had just assumed you were "female"...my bad. When I checked your pics, I was so glad I was wrong! LOL

[no onions 258]

@Shustar

LOL - nope. And let me tell you - I think it itches more where the hair is growing back.

[LisaLouBop 181]

Looks great!! Good luck at your appointment.

[Shustar 395]

@@no onions Did you consider getting you whole chest and stomach waxed before surgery? LOL

[allyray 108]

We'll they do look a bit red but really hard to tell when looking at a picture. Your doc will help out with that!

[no onions 258]

Thanks everyone! I will update this thread on Friday with the results (Dr review).

[PChayy05 75]

They are red because they are probably irritated by the glue like a lotttt of other people. I had to get my glue off after week 2. The itchiness was unbearable, and I was breaking out into small red dots all over my stomach and the incisions were swollen and red, doc said it would be ok to lightly scrub them off in the shower left to right. Once the glue was off, SO MUCH RELIEF. The swelling went down but the redness was there for another week. If you have irritation you should try benedryl and hydrocortosone cream which worked great for me.

[no onions 258]

They are red because they are probably irritated by the glue like a lotttt of other people. I had to get my glue off after week 2. The itchiness was unbearable, and I was breaking out into small red dots all over my stomach and the incisions were swollen and red, doc said it would be ok to lightly scrub them off in the shower left to right. Once the glue was off, SO MUCH RELIEF. The swelling went down but the redness was there for another week. If you have irritation you should try benedryl and hydrocortosone cream which worked great for me.

This is almost exactly what my Dr said. Not infected, use Benedryl to stop the itching. Should improve over time. The glue is almost completely gone as of today. Thanks again everyone for your comments.