My Stomach Itches!!!

[Boxeremma 0]

OMG!!!!!! I have itched my stomach in places that has made me raw. I was banded on May 12th and my steri strips have not fallen off yet. Has anyone else had a lot of itching on their stomach? If so, what can you do.

Thanks,

[holly11 1]

I could of written this post. It is midnight here and I am up because I am itching so bad. I also was banded on the 12th. I hope someone here can help us!!!!

[Shinyhappymommy 2]

I actually got a rash from the plastic tape square things that were put over the steri-strips. When I called my surgeon, he told me to go ahead and take them off, including the steri-strips. It was less than a week post op. You might ask your surgeon if you can do the same thing, especially since you're more than a week out. Sorry about that, good luck.

[Sarah8714 2]

Ditto for me!! It is the adhesive from the bigger bandages over the steri-strips. I called my doctor and he said to have the 4 laprascopic area steri's stay on for a week and the longer one to keep on as long as possible. I used baby oil on a cotton ball to get all excess adhesive off. Good luck!!

[mbanja 1]

This happened to me after my surgery. I had stitches but the doctor put tape over them so the knots wouldn't catch on my clothes and pull. Well, I guess I was allergic to the tape and it made huge welts over the incisions and they itched like crazy. The ONLY thing I found to help stop the itch was Bandaide brand anti itch gel. It is for insect bites I think but it has menthol in it and it was the only thing that kept me from scratching. Not even benedryl cream worked.

[Shinyhappymommy 2]

I was having an allergic reaction to the tape too. I have a prescription steroid cream called clobetsazol that helped the rash heal quickly. I tend to get rashes that heal slowly, so I use that cream a lot, mostly on my fingers where I get cracks and blisters for some reason. That cream helps a lot.

[thea331 0]

Me Too! Had Same Reaction. When The Doc Took Off The Strips I Put Some Antibio Cream On It!

[Boxeremma 0]

Thanks for all the replies, I have taken the steri strips off and it is starting to feel better. I have a lot of little red bumps ll over the place, but the itching has really eased up a lot.

Thanks again,

[Jennifer S. 0]

Me too! My skin under the steri-strips burned and the strips stared to lift...good thing they did because I found 2 huge Water blisters under there and a big rash!

My surgeon told me to take the strips off and cover any questionable areas with a bandaid.

Just banded on May 19th :biggrin: and of course this was not a problem I thought I would have and now I am all worried!

[janessis 0]

I just got on here to see if anyone else was having the same thing because I cant get a hold of my Doc and I don't think my stitches are infected...look more like allergic reactions and itch like crazy! Red all around the stitched areas. I took off all the tape and put on steri-strips but now I'm going to take that off too even though I was only 'Sleved' on the 20th...I can't stand the reaction and I'm going crazy! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one. Strange because my port area is the worst.....? Blistered the worst and that had no tape?

[kaninag 35]

Try not to pull on the steristrips bc trust me from first hand experience mine were itching so bad post op I pulled one or two off...it also blistered and pulled off my skin.

dont be surprised if youre scars itch later as well.