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I woke up to realize i had only one incision through my belly after the gastric sleeve surgery. Which i was confused but i was also really excited because i thought i was gona wake up to about 4 or 5. anway, due to that i am unfamiliar to how this healing process is suppose to feel, is there anyone out there who has gotten the single incisions? My belly botton is scabbing on the inside and when i sit down its pretty painful, i just wanted to know if this is normal, or how long it would last honestly any input is appreciated

Thanks!!! Btw i am 9 days post op

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Hi there. It sounds as if your surgery was not done via key hole otherwise you would, as you said, have about 5 small incision sites. However my best advice to you would be to contact your surgeon and the team who did your surgery regarding the healing process. You should have some follow up built in to the whole process.

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I know i was watching doctor OZ a week befor my surgery jan 30 ( and this lady was getting VSG (HOW IRONIC) they have this new tool that they use and its one incision above the belly button technology is advancing back in the day these surgerys use to be big gashes across the stomach now there 4-6 small ones and now they are doing one incision so u could have been one of the new lucky ones

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I'm having what my doctor calls a mini sleeve using NOTES. Depending on your height one or two incisions. Most of the procedure is completed through natural openings. In this case, down through the throat. It's an outpatient procedure with minimal to no restrictions on movement. Although called mini, it still removes the same amount of stomach.

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I intentionally had single incision VSG on 1/17/17. I'm so pleased with the result.

If the scab is dry, you can put plain Vaseline in your belly button and then very gently ease the very edges of the scab.

Did you have staples? I had 3 sealing my incision.

The incision healed really quickly for me and with pretty minimal discomfort.

People are paying extra for this single scar. I'm very pleased with mine.

Good luck with the healing.

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