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How were you closed up? If you had stitches or staples did they hurt coming out?

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I am 11 days post op and I had glue, so I am not sure about the stitches or staples but I have had breast reduction surgery back in 2007 and had stitches and the removal wasn't bad at all. Good luck!

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Hi,

I'm 13 days post op and I have glue on my incisions.

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I had glue, also. And just like a previous poster, I had BR surgery with stitches and there was no pain when they were taken out.

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I had staples. One incision got infected and it hurt a lot to remove the staples, but the others were easy - no pain.

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I had stitches and glue on my incisions. It did not bother me at all when my dr. removed my stitches...just a little sting on a couple of them.

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I have stitches.... and my doctor doesn't plan to see me again or remove them until the 18th.... that's 20 days post surgery. Should I worry?

*off topic..... how do I get my fancy new weight ticker to display with each post?

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Glue, and I wished he'd done stitches. I have just a single incision through my belly button. It closed 6 weeks post op, but popped back open again a week later from too much activity. That was 13 weeks ago, and I still have an opening the size of a large needle. No infection, no problems, just constant leakage of fluids. The Dr said it happens to some, and Im just one of the "lucky" people to experience it. Yay...

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I had stitches...but they dissolved on their own. I guess that's the best of both worlds!

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I had the dissolving sutures and glue and then steri-strips over that which came off on their own within 2 weeks. I had my first fill yesterday and the skin below the port incision is still numb so I didn't feel a thing.

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I had glue and still have a little one on incision.

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glue here and steri strips

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Glue, and I wished he'd done stitches. I have just a single incision through my belly button. It closed 6 weeks post op, but popped back open again a week later from too much activity. That was 13 weeks ago, and I still have an opening the size of a large needle. No infection, no problems, just constant leakage of fluids. The Dr said it happens to some, and Im just one of the "lucky" people to experience it. Yay...

Belly Buttons freak me out.... I made sure he didn't touch mine.... ewww/ouch! *Hope yours heals. :blushing:

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I had staples on all of my incisions and had them out 2 weeks post op and was fine!!!! My scars actually look great! :)

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