Just how long do scars actually heal??

aubrie · May 13, 2008

I will be 6 months out on Monday. So basically, my scars are fully healed and old. The long one has been a bit of a purpleish color around the outside and lately it is becoming more pink and it is starting to itch. Doesn't that indicate healing and shouldn't that have been over with a LONG time ago??? :thumbup:

mammanan · May 13, 2008

Scars will keep "maturing" for up to a year or so... And my scars from a previous surgery when I was a teenager still itch when the weather changes...go figure..

pandagirl · May 13, 2008

I will be 6 months out on Monday. So basically, my scars are fully healed and old. The long one has been a bit of a purpleish color around the outside and lately it is becoming more pink and it is starting to itch. Doesn't that indicate healing and shouldn't that have been over with a LONG time ago??? :thumbup:

I had my gall bladder out in January and the incisions are completely healed on the surface. They have gone through phases of being puffy to flat, but are looking better and better.

The incisions from my Non-Lap Band are mostly healed. 3 of the five look like nothing, but the other two still have a whitish center. Not white exactly, almost gray and haven't fully healed and the upper one near my solar plexus hurts sometimes when I bend. I'm hoping that this won't be worsened when I actually have the band.

As far as should you be done yet? I dunno. I think it would be different for everyone. I've been told that getting a large amount of Protein speeds up the healing process.(I've been having about 72 grams a day.)

And I've also been putting Vitamin e oil on the scars. It's supposed to help lessen the look of them, not sure if this is true, but it sure helped the falking skin aroud the incisions.