I have a question. what kind of on inscion is used for the lap band. I have herd diffrent things through people that never had it. I had a robotic hysterectomy last yr and only had four small holes now I am being told that it like a bikini cut and from whar I hear it takes longer to heal is this true?

Tamika

Two incisions - navel - about 1.5-2" across the top of the navel, then a tiny 1/4" incision under my right breast to hold the liver back. At this point the 1/4" one is totally gone. The navel one is healing all over again from gall bladder removal at then end of June.

I have 1 incision that is about an inch right above my navel and a dot at 12:00 above that at the bottom of my breast bone. My surgeon used the "Spider technique". Everything is done through the single incision. The dot at the top of my abdomen was for the insufflation of my belly with air. The incision was closed with Dermabond (skin glue). It slowly washed away as I showered. I have to say this was a very easy procedure and I healed in no time at all. I barely had any pain except for the shoulder pain that everyone talks about. In fact... I still get it sometimes and I am 3 months out... But it is not debilitating at all. Just reminds me to not overeat or slow down. Still the best thing I have ever done for myself!

I have 2 incisions, one on my breast bone about 1" and one through my belly button about 2".

I bought Mederma about a month after surgery to reduce the scars. Now the top incision is about 1/4" but barely noticeable. The belly one still hs a pink color, but is getting to normal and it is completely smooth. Its weird cause one side of the cut looks like nothing and the other is still noticeable, lol.

Hmmm.. I have 6 incisions. I wonder why?

I'm only 2 gays out fro surgery, I'll ask my doc why 6 when I see him on Tuesday

It will depend on your surgeon. The surgeon that I have chosen does his as a single incision through the navel.

Others do it with 5 small incisions.

I have a question. what kind of on inscion is used for the lap band. I have herd diffrent things through people that never had it. I had a robotic hysterectomy last yr and only had four small holes now I am being told that it like a bikini cut and from whar I hear it takes longer to heal is this true?

Tamika

I have 5 very small incisions. The largest being over the port and it doesn't appear to be much over an inch. The others are tiny.