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Can I ask everyone whatthe long scar is? I thought originally that was the port-but now I don't think it is. Thanks for sharing everyone!

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After my first band surgery, I nearly cried my incisions looks so gross. I had never had surgery before and was keeping this surgery a secret and the incisions freaked me right out.

I then had a few more surgeries and now my doctor and I can't find my incision scars, they are so light! It has only been 9 months since he last used those incisions ( unbanding rebanding and Lipo a few times) and even with them being cut many times they are still not noticeable at all.

Here is a post I made in Sept with some of my incisions. Things have even changed so much since then :)

http://alienbanditinkorea.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/band-and-lipo-scar-photos/

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After my first band surgery, I nearly cried my incisions looks so gross. I had never had surgery before and was keeping this surgery a secret and the incisions freaked me right out.

I then had a few more surgeries and now my doctor and I can't find my incision scars, they are so light! It has only been 9 months since he last used those incisions ( unbanding rebanding and Lipo a few times) and even with them being cut many times they are still not noticeable at all.

Here is a post I made in Sept with some of my incisions. Things have even changed so much since then :)

http://alienbanditin...po-scar-photos/

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hi all

i wanted to tell you that i ran across an article about surgical scars and the use of silicone strips to minimize them. did some research and a lot of people were saying that they helped tremendously so i bought some. i bought a brand called scaraway (there are others) on Amazon and after using them for 3 days i can already tell a difference! you have to wear them most of the time for a couple of months though, which is kind of a pain. they're about $30 for the supply you need. not cheap but may be worth it for some.

http://www.amazon.com/ScarAway-Professional-Silicone-Treatment-Sheets/dp/B001AJ4L1E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303174956&sr=8-1

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It's been 48 days since my surgery and I have 5 incisions. They are visible especially the port incision. They are not as bad as I envisioned and they seen to fade daily. My only issue is that the port incision feels sore at times, is this normal?

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Can I ask everyone whatthe long scar is? I thought originally that was the port-but now I don't think it is. Thanks for sharing everyone!

My long incision is the port scar.

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