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[Syrah 0]

Exude, you look great. I hope you are feeling better. That is a LOT to go through in one month!

About scars: My scars itch like mad. Tonight I am going to have my hubby help me cover them with gauze and tape because I am afraid I will scratch them in my sleep. They are also pretty red. All this is normal, I assume?

[maziemommy 8]

Syrah- how red ? some minor itchiness yes, normal, a little pink yes, normal-- red?? could be a sign of infection? Are they all healed up- any tiny portion open still? Are you using anything on them? I would have doc. take a look just in case. (I was banded 4-2-07)good luck.

[amom 0]

My scars look like something from a horror show, the port site is the worst due to a seroma. Medical Alert Bracelet.bmp

[Rvingdi 0]

Hi Jenna and Nana,

I got banded one week ago. (4/3/07) My bandage strips still have not fallen off. When does this happen? I'm curious to see what my scars look like.

[Rvingdi 0]

Hi Mazziemommy,

I was banded on 4/3/07 in Zephyerhills, Florida. Do you still have bandages?

[maziemommy 8]

Rvingdi-I am sensitive to adhesive- I was sent home with out bandages.... but had some intenal sutures and a "glue" like covering my incisions- it looked like super glue. It washed off already. I saw the doc. today and.... I can move on to mushies!!!

I was talking to my mom, who did not go through with gastric bypass five years ago, and said if only she was younger she would consider the band.... I think she is only one year older than you are... Are you doing well???? Did you start recovery well?? I would like to be able to tell her more about someone, who is not her daughters age. She did not seem convinced, when I said there are many ladies, who are older than 40-50 getting banded. Any info. for her might help and would definately be appreciated!

[LoriPA 4]

I'm 19 days post op, and my incisions are all healed and pink!

[Chickie 15]

I can't remember exactly when the first pic was taken... Sometime within the first month post op.

The second was taken last week. I can only just see 2 of my 4 little scars. Only just. And my port scar, due to my Tummy Tuck, is now much smaller, and sort of in my belly button.

[faithmd 14]

Wow! Fantastic, Chickie!!!

[LoriPA 4]

One month, two days post op here:)

[linadu 0]

looking good chickie

[finluv 0]

About scars: My scars itch like mad. Tonight I am going to have my hubby help me cover them with gauze and tape because I am afraid I will scratch them in my sleep. They are also pretty red. All this is normal, I assume?

Hey! My surgery was 3/19 ans for about a month mine itched like crazy. I think it is a mixture of dehydration and irritation from the adhesive (or tape) I started using pure vit. E oil on them and they started feeling a lot better.

I chatted with you before your surgery. How did everything go? Have you lost anything yet? Hope all is well!

Oh yeah, also, if it starts itching really bad sometimes I would put a bag of ice in a towel and wet it a little and put the cold pack on the pklace where it itches and that helped too.

Hope that helps!

Jenny

[Brianne 0]

My scars have been itching like crazy- especially the ones on my left side where my port incision is. The skin around them looked a bit dry, so this weekend I picked up some Aveeno moisturizer that's itch-soothing (I have chronically itchy legs during the winter, I use the same stuff for them). Today's the first day I used it and so far... no itching. :lunch: I'm gonna bug my fiance at dinner to take a pic of my scars- I still have some small scabs, but they're mostly healed.

One question- I have some scar treatment stuff I picked up, should I wait until my scabs and such are 100% healed before I use it? I don't want to make a bad situation worse.

[adorable 1]

My incisions are still covered by steri-strips, but here they are!

[Daisalana 33]

Ok here's mine.. this is 9 days post-op.

The port incision, the red dots on all 4 sides is what I'm guessing the tools they use to hold open the skin.. originally I thought it was needle holes, but after seeing it in a pic, doesn't look to be.

The bottom left incision (right in the pic) I did a doozy.. ripped band aid off and it left a burning welt on my side.. that's the worst of all this for now!!

They look darker in this pic than they really are, you can hardly notice them (except the ones with scabs are noticable). I also broke out into some sort of rash, I guess from the tape. Most of it's gone, but I think you can still see some dots around my tummy.