Steri Stips Allergy

[puppyphat 397]

As anybody else suffered an obscene allergy to steri strips? When I had my appendix out I had 3 small incisions that were sealed with them and all became so sore, red and inflamed within 24 hours. I'd like to say it blistered but it was moss like welts as they weren't Fluid filled. Most horrible itchy pain ever.

I'm hoping the dr can use traditional sutures instead of the dressings. Has anybody else had a reaction or been closed with something otter than the strips? I'm assuming that suturing is the only alternative but I'm learning so much here I could be wrong.

[2012 359]

I had steri strips used on me, but a lot of people on here mention glue being used for their incisions, maybe you could request this instead?

[Cazzy 725]

I am really allergic to steri strips, and all medical adhesive dressings on my body , so my incisions were closed with glue, never got any reaction to that, there are quite a few people allergic to them, i test patched a lot of different makes but was allergic to all of them just let them know at the hospital theres plenty of other methods to close skin without using them

[curlyq2 17]

I'm also allergic to them same ad you and most adhesives. I purchased hypafix tape for dressings

it is flexible and I have never had any skin breakdown with it. It

[maegan 51]

I always have a reaction and took mine off the 3rd day!

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

I am allergic to the plastic tape adhesives, too.

...and being the brainiac I am, I totally forgot that steri strips were little more than medical tape so I did have them. My incisions never gave me an ounce of trouble but boy I had red, blistered, burning, itching skin where the steri strips were for weeks.

Definitely talk to your surgeon ahead of time about it- don't make the same miserable mistake I made.

[Sojourner 2,446]

I had my surgeon use the medical paper tape; for whatever reason, the adhesives in the paper tape do not have an allergic sensitivity with my skin the way the other tape adhesives do.

I had an angry and itchy welt behind my ear from the anti-nausea patch I was required to wear for the 72 hours post op...

[LadyBC 22]

I was banded on Tuesday. My surgeon stitched the inside and just used dermabond for the top layer of skin! Worked great! Good luck