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Does anyone know when the sani strips are supposed to fall off the incisions? I could have sworn the nurse said they would fall off in 7-14 days. It's been 10 days now and they seem like they're still really glued onto my body lol.

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They will fall off eventually, they dont normally fall off in one go tho, they sort of curl at the edges and gradually come off as u shower each day. U can cut the loose bit off to save it catching on anything .. but sometimes they just dont budge till they are ready to :)

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I think I was about 2 weeks. I just trimmed them up after showers and stuff. I am one of those people who refuse to pick at them.

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Oops, I pulled mine of on day 7...oh well! I saw the doctor on day 8 and he didn't even mention it was a problem - and he was looking at my scars and saying that they looked fine. I'm not encouraging anyone to pull them off. Definitely follow doctor's orders.

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My doctor told me to pull them off when they started to curl. The first two I pulled at 10 days post op and the last few at 14 days. All the incisions were closed and healing at that point.

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Your skin actually comes together within about 72 hours or so. So if it's been a few weeks and they are still on, you can peel them off in the shower. Especially with small, laparoscopic incisions, the skin is together. I had the dermabond glue... now that was annoying.

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My doctor said to take them off day 7 but not to pull at them if they are stuck. Mine came off easily, the worst part was pulling it off the little hairs/peach fuzz on my my belly!

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My first caught and pulled off day 6 and wasnt healed all the way scared me on day 9 my dr pulled the rest off! And said all is healing great!

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Your skin actually comes together within about 72 hours or so. So if it's been a few weeks and they are still on' date=' you can peel them off in the shower. Especially with small, laparoscopic incisions, the skin is together. I had the dermabond glue... now that was annoying.[/quote']

My MD wouldn't let me go back in the pool to exercise until the strips came loose. But at 10 days postop he still wouldn't release me. The incisions look great so I guess it was good to wait

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