Staples or stitches

[toodlerue 450]

Did your doctor use staples or stitches to close you up & how many openings did he make?

I have 7 openings including the one from the drain and he used staples!

I’m not to happy about that! I have had 5 surgeries in my abdominal region & have never been closed with staples!

Toodles,
Rue

[Creekimp13 5,840]

Neither. Just steri strips..which I loved, cause I tend to have tissue reactions to both stitches and sutures. I'm sure I had subcutaneous stitches, But the outside skin just had steri strips. Worked great.

[Kay07 734]

I had dermabond, no outer stitches either. It was great up until my allergic reaction that caused dermatitis across my entire torso 😭

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

Dermabond, too. Fortunately, I wasn't allergic to it. I was allergic to the tape they used to cover my central line.

[Frustr8 7,886]

I'm allergic to tape AND Dermabond, so staples or sutures please . I'm no longer vain, although it would be nice to be someday to be like a little,kid and flash everybody. With my gnarley,criss crosses of 3 nine pound pregnancies stretch marks, they will either be lost,in the landscape or become,an Oh Well. Besides people might pay to see pictures of a train wreck but my belly--- well maybe a bored yawn?😮

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

3 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

I'm allergic to tape AND Dermabond, so staples or sutures please . I'm no longer vain, although it would be nice to be someday to be like a little,kid and flash everybody. With my gnarley,criss crosses of 3 nine pound pregnancies stretch marks, they will either be lost,in the landscape or become,an Oh Well. Besides people might pay to see pictures of a train wreck but my belly--- well maybe a bored yawn?😮

My hubby had his gall bladder out a few months before my surgery. We're thinking of flashing our tummies to the grandkids (when we have some) and telling them that we were involved in a shoot-out with the mob!

Edited May 27, 2018 by Orchids&Dragons

[Frustr8 7,886]

Might be a nice change from the "In my day we did blah blah blah", I used to hate when my older relatives did that. Well what goes around comes around, the" I won the Second. World War single-handly" have been replaced by " Let me tell you about Flower Power, the Viet Nam War and the Day Kennedy Died" and whole new generation will be bored stiff or yawn behind their hands. And a recounting of all your pain and sorrows with Bariatric Surgery will scare them skinny. Think,of it as your gift to the future generations😜LOL, my friends!!!

[Bryn910 519]

I had internal stitches. I have had many abdominal surgeries and I prefer staples to any glue, stitches or strips.

My incisions with staples has been the only ones where I don’t break out or have malformed skin after the fact. It could be the surgeon or whomever stitches me but yea

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

16 minutes ago, Bryn910 said:

I had internal stitches. I have had many abdominal surgeries and I prefer staples to any glue, stitches or strips.

My incisions with staples has been the only ones where I don’t break out or have malformed skin after the fact. It could be the surgeon or whomever stitches me but yea

I've also had great success with staples in the past

[Yo-yo girl 118]

Neither.. I had 4 very small incisions which i originally thought were 3 because one was hiding inside my belly button. They are very small and I have glue to close them up. Tomorrow it’ll be 7 days for me and I can say that I’m almost completely healed. Incisions look great, no pain and there was NO drain tube required.


Yo-Yo Girl from New York City

[Creekimp13 5,840]

7 hours ago, Creekimp13 said:

to both stitches and sutures

Meant to say staples and sutures.

[YeahOkay31 651]

I had internal stitches and dermabond on the outside. I did get a little rash from the dermabond but nothing major. I got 7 incisions too, but 4 of them were like pin prick s and are barely visible 4 weeks out

[Em_Jay75 81]

Staples sound horrible for the stomach area and quite unusual! Hope they don't hurt! 😞

[redhead_che 824]

I had staples. The patch (for lack of a better word) that covered each of my 5 incisions was itchy at times, but I didn't have any issues with the staples themselves

[Creekimp13 5,840]

44 minutes ago, Em_Jay75 said:

Staples sound horrible for the stomach area and quite unusual!

Not at all. They're very common. My C-section incision was zipped up with staples 20 years ago. My dogs and cats neuter/spay incisions were zipped up with staples. I'm sure it varies, but on my skin, staples have left less of a scar than stitches.