Ahhhhh I'm freaking out! How do you clean your stitches up when it hurts to touch them?! I definitely can't have the shower blasting on my stomach! What did you guys do?!!!!!

Do you have steri strips or actual stitches? Are you allowed to shower yet?

I have stitches under really little white strips? I'm allowed to shower now, I just soaked a towel with soap and water and laid it on my stomach. But how long did it take for them to fall out? Ahhh I'm getting faint just thinking about it (I hate stitches)

Stitches don't fall out, they have to be removed. When is your next doctor's appointment?

And are you sure there's stitches under the steri strips? Most of us had no stitches.

Ok maybe there's no stitches lol. Just steri strips. Do I just wait for those to fall off as I shower?

Yes those will just gradually come off on their own

I have disolvable ones under my steri strips, the first few days when i showered i held a cloth over my stomach so the water wouldn't beat on it like you said..

I just hoped in ! and showered pain yes but I had some type of glue over my incision

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Your all lucky I have staples and they need to be removed 2 weeks post op which is a week from tomorrow