Surgical Steri Strips

[mom23gr8boys 0]

When can the steri strips come off? They are curling up at the ends and driving me nuts! :thumbdown:

Also, can I use lotion on my belly - it's very itchy!?!

[babbs3772 1]

When can the steri strips come off? They are curling up at the ends and driving me nuts! :thumbdown:

Also, can I use lotion on my belly - it's very itchy!?!

I used lotion on my belly and it was fine, I can't see why not?

Also as far as the steri strips, my Surgeon said that I would leave them on until they were pretty much falling off, I did this for my first surgery, but then I had a port revision and decided to take them off a little sooner - bad idea LOL, they were not ready to come off and I was tugging at my scab at my incision area - ouch:eek:

So lesson learned, don't yank - duh right? I felt like a real genius after that experience. Oh, you could trim the steri strips, I did end up doing that to stop them from curling.

Edited January 25, 2009 by babbs3772
Because I can

[tashanicole1271 0]

My doctor said they should fall off by themselves. I am not sure how long it takes, but if your are curling up, then you are on your way! I was banded on the 14th and mine are curling too.

As for the lotion, I do put it on my belly when I get out of the shower because of the itching. The itching is just a sine of your incisions healing.

[agatoprincess 0]

I was told to leave them alone. they would fall off on their own. The Dr would take the rest off at my 1 week post-op visit. I did take off 2 of them that we hanging on by like a little corner (not stuck to the incisions at all).

[KyBandChick 3]

I was banded Wed and my doc said leave them on until the come off but if they start curling I can cut off the loose part only to help

[TQUAD64 9]

My doctor said that they would fall off. One did not fall off and she took it off at my post op visit, which was two-weeks after surgery.

[mom23gr8boys 0]

Thank you! I guess I'll leave them on (don't have post op until 4 weeks out) and use some lotion!

Thanks!!

[RestlessMonkey 7]

What you can do is VERY carefully trim away the part that is curling up (if that's feasible for you) I did that because the parts that were stuck seemed to be necessary and I didn't want one accidentally tugged loose by me catching the end on something while I was dressing etc. SO...I carefully trimmed the loose ends. The strips should stay on at least 10 days to 2 weeks.

I itched but it was internal/healing, so lotion wouldn't help. You don't want to put lotion on any surgical sites, of course!