How Long Does It Take for Operation Bruises to Fade?

[cattoy71 0]

Hi everyone,

This Monday was my one month surgery anniversary and I'm still nursing my bruises.

How long did it take most of you for the bruises to finally go away? I can't wait for them to be gone:tt2:

[GratefulHeart 0]

I'm three weeks out and my scars (and bruises) are much smaller than they were just after surgery. In fact, I didn't really have any bruising. The only bruising I noticed was from the IV and it was gone within the week. How much bruising do you have?

[cattoy71 0]

I have always bruuised easily and the part that remains is at the port site.

I was hoping it would be gone by now, and it is definately not an infection.....just gross bruising.

My other incision sites are kinda just a red welt like color.

[healthysue 0]

I was banded 7/31/08 and i had a lot of bruising. Everyone is different. My bruises were still very much there when i hit my one month bandiversary. Mine were completely gone at about 2 1/2 months.

[momcof3 1]

I had bad bruising too and a couple of the sites - one being the port site - were still bruised although healing at about five weeks after my surgery. I had one on my left side where the liver retractor must have been that took two months to go away and there wasn't even an incision made there.

[cattoy71 0]

Thanks for replying eveyone.......I know that everyone has a different experience with the band, but I'm glad to know that my bigger port bruise is not that unusual. I feel much less neurotic now