I recently got banded on 2/16 and was wondering if anyone else on here had the surgery through just the belly button? My surgeon only went through my belly button so i don't have any scars...he said is was fairly new and that not everyone is a candidate for this type of laproscopic surgery. Just curious!

Ok so it appears i am the only one one the forum that has had this type of surgery....fun...:frown:

I also had that done & was hoping hear some replys! I was banded 2/17 and was pretty excited about the one incision. Although 2 days ago I wasn't sure if it was worth that pain of 1 big vs 6 little :frown: But each day gets better. My strips are still intact and I'm curious to see that it looks like when they fall off. I'm sure others have had this done, but just haven't had time to reply yet :sad:

Good afternoon,

Wow that sounds like a great way to avoid scars. Everything done by the bellybutton....Awesome!! I have no scaring except a pea size light rose color spot where my port was placed. I was glued closed due to latex and other allergies so the steri strips could not be used. Staples/stitches were out of the question..... Way to much scaring with those options........

Edited February 22, 201016 yr by LiveLoveLaugh

oh good glad to hear i am not the only one!! and I totally agree with you! I feel like the pain was pretty serious compared to what most people report on here! but it does get better every day....now that it doesn't hurt so much i am happy to be scar free :tongue_smilie:

I'm having the surgery through my belly button but not until March 4th. I'll let you know how it goes!

Wow! I've never heard of them banding this way. Seems like an awesome way to avoid scars!

I was banded the good 'ol 5 small incisions way.

The only thing I CAN say is that before my band, I had my gallbladder removed. It was done laproscopically, too, & one was through the belly button. I have minimal scaring & by my belly button, there's a small line, but nothing major. On my stomach, I did have 2 scars that showed, no biggie, though.

Hope this helped! :tongue_smilie: