1st fill unsuccessful due to scar tissue.

JMD · February 20, 2008

Has anyone else had this experience? Doc tried twice and it hurt so much I broke into a cold sweat. I now have to wait 3 more weeks for the scar tissue to "soften".:cursing:

snowbird · February 20, 2008

I didn't have any problem with my first fill, but did with my second. The doctor said I had lost enough weight that the scar tissue had shifted over my port. He poked around for quite a while trying to push through the scar tissue; I was watching the needle bent almost into a horseshoe shape from the pressure! Finally he said, "I need a bigger needle" and tried again with a thicker one, and was successful. It wasn't that bad, but I was a bit tender the next day. His only comment was, "You're a hard, hard woman!"

Paulax · February 21, 2008

Oh hugs to both of you.......

Robin Bird · February 21, 2008

JMD,

When I went for my first fill my surgeon couldn't find the port. He told me to come back in a few weeks to give the scar tissue some more time to soften up. I went back 2 weeks later and he found it no problem. You're not alone!

Robin

daymi · June 11, 2008

i gotten 5 fills and i have not lost almost anything.. my doc says to go into the liquid diet but if anybody does that they loose with out having this bullet feeling under your skin...i very sad with results.. my cousin had the gastric bypass and he was size 44 in dec when he had surgery today only six months past hes in a size 30,, i couldnt recognize him... and i see that i went through all this pain and the results are minimum.