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[abeaher 0]

I don't know.....It seems to me that with belly stretch marks especially REALLY bad ones from babies (like freddy Kruger got a hold of you) your skin is stretched sooooo thin that it would seem to stitch it back together and make it look realitively seemless would be near impossible. I beg to differ on the stretch marks not making any difference I think it would make the art of suturing a clean incision difficult. Just my opinion.

[taismommy 0]

I dont know how to put pictures on so i had to send it from my cell phone to the pc. I hope this works

14 days post op

[LiseSeattle 0]

My scar!!! Still icky bandages. Just banded yesterday. Ewwwwww!!!

[coolcrystal 1]

Here are my scars - Day 7 (I took this on Monday)... there is actually still some like Gummy tape residue on some of the scars... I can't get the crap off.. oh well.. I'm sure it will eventually wash off. There is also one little teenie scar further up that I didnt' realize my hubby cut off in the picture as it's under my sweater but its the smallest one and completely healed and not noticeable.. I feel weird posting my stretchmarked belly, which, let me tell you, the picture MAGNIFIES stretchmarks.. lol The port scar looks really huge, but it's just shy of 2 inches. ( And thanks to Losingjusme for resizing this for me!! love ya girl! )

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[LiseSeattle 0]

You are healing up so nicely - and only on day 7!!! Check me out (i'm above you). I still look like someone who belongs on CSI!

The port scar looks really huge, but it's just shy of 2 inches.

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[coolcrystal 1]

You are healing up so nicely - and only on day 7!!! Check me out (i'm above you). I still look like someone who belongs on CSI!

Thank you! I'll probably take another picture for day 14 and put them side by side or something. I had the steri strips too.. the only thing that sucks about them is getting them off... I took this pic right after I had gotten the last bit of the steri strip off in the shower... they bugged the heck out of me and that glue.. ICK. I still have pieces of it on me that I can't get off! I can't wait to see yours after you get all that off :thumbup:

[coolcrystal 1]

Here I am day 17. Doesn't look much different from day 7 actually. I think it looks a tinge redder.

[TachaBaby505 2]

heres my scars like 2.5 months post op

[hipkat23 0]

First photo was a couple days post-op (heh, please excuse the half boob and the bad taken-from-my-computer quality).

Second photo was tonight, 7 weeks out, taken by my boyfriend.

The bruising below the port scar in the second pic is from my first fill this past Wednesday.

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[BabyNicole 0]

Thanks everyone for all these pictures. I saw someone with staples. It was in 2005. I was wondering if that's still the norm or is it mostly sutures now?

[TachaBaby505 2]

i had staples in mine and i just got it done it jan, its totally up to ur surgeon, my doc said its the easiest and safest way when it comes to healing but i guess u just gotta ask him/her. and they didnt hurt at all, even when they pulled em out.

[ousooner 1]

Thanks everyone for all these pictures. I saw someone with staples. It was in 2005. I was wondering if that's still the norm or is it mostly sutures now?

My Dr actually used surgical glue to close me up. I am very please that I had no external stitches. I think it really help decrease the scarring. Ironically, I just had a Tummy Tuck and my PS used the same method. cut from hip to hip and not one external stitch. Its healing nicely.

[lo2us 1]

Will that arnica montana work on old scars?

[ajoneen 0]

arnica montana is for the bruising after the surgery. I used it and had wonderful results. scar gels/creams with aloe vera are great for the following months as you heal to help keep the scar from raising.

[peaches9 3]

arnica montana is for the bruising after the surgery. I used it and had wonderful results. scar gels/creams with aloe vera are great for the following months as you heal to help keep the scar from raising.

Thank you for pointing out about the Arnica Montana. I had completely forgetten that I had a tube in my bathroom!!! I have a horrible bruise that is painful (4 post op)