After Surgery Tape

[jcourtney01 0]

Hello, I am having a problem getting the liquid tape off my inscissions. Does anyone have and easy solution to getting this off, I am going on 8days and It feels as if it is permenate.:thumbup:

[ambraberger 0]

I haven't been banded yet. I'd call your surgeons office and ask them what they recommend.

[Hollie519 1]

I wouldn't do it yet but you can soak in warm Water. Mine came right off in the shower but I believe they told me to wait like 2 weeks before going swimming or like completely soaking my incisions in water.

[SueAZ 3]

I had the strips and I as told to let them fall off and not to help them. I'm sure that the liquid will probably wear off soon and if you really want it off call the doctor talk with him or the assistant what to use. The longer it stays on may increase a better result of scars though.

[HeatherO 7]

I would let it come off naturally because it is not hurting anything, and you can have more damage and scarring if you try to hard to get them off. I wouldn't soak them in Water at only 8 days out.

I have read elsewhere that people had the best success with baby oil if you let it sit for a minute and then wipe it away.

[Jodi_620 37]

Yes, I had Band-aids over top of the steri-strips. I was told to remove the Band-aids in one day and allow the steri-strips to come off on thier own.

[ambraberger 0]

Hello, I am having a problem getting the liquid tape off my inscissions. Does anyone have and easy solution to getting this off, I am going on 8days and It feels as if it is permenate.:thumbup:

I think people are confusing liquid tape with steri strips. I wouldn't do anything with it. Just let it come off on its own, with time. As I said I'm not banded yet, but I'm a nurse, and taking something off before it's ready could cause problems. Just a thought.

[Foofy 0]

My liquid tape came off after a few weeks on its own. I don't think there is any reason to hurry the process. Just relax and leave it alone.

[MistyD65 1]

I wonder if "liquid tape" is the same as what my surgeon calls "synthetic scabs"? If so, it will eventually come off by itself.

And boy, those steri-strips are tenacious little boogers. They held fast through lots of showers until my surgeon removed them on my 11-day follow-up. Left my skin pretty irritated for a while afterwards, though.

[bigdog31 0]

Let is wear off naturally this will prevent skin irritations and infection.

[Jazz 0]

I would use baby oil. It helps to remove sticky residue off the skin... Kinda like the temporary tatoos.. they all say to remove with baby oil. I had my surgery a little over 3 weeks ago.. and that is how i removed the sticky from the bandaids. (-=

[momcof3 1]

I am 9 days post-op and I was "glued" shut instead of stitched and no steri strips or bandaids. The edges have fallen off by themselves and although my incisions are starting to itch, I wouldn't try to get the rest of the glue off. I was told to let the glue come off by itself. I can take showers but no baths, swimming, or hottubs until week 3.

Banded 8/26/08