So, my surgeon said I can shower & these tape looking bandaids will fall off if not he will remove them 1 week post op appointment. Anyone got any other instructions?

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I was told to just leave them alone. They fell off in about 4 weeks.

2 of them are dry blood n I wanna pull them off.

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They may look better after you shower, not quite so icky. Either way, you really should leave them on there until they fall off. Congratulations fellow bandster!

Don't pull them off, you could rip the incision.

my Dr. said shower if you don't let the water hit your incisions.. leave those steri strips alone... and just let them fall off.. mine actually didn't fall off but when I went back for my post op check the P.A. took them off...

I believe my literature said I could take mine off. (talk to your Doctor)

Mine said that I can take the bandaids off 1 days after surgery when I shower and that I could let the water and soap run over the incisions but to leave the steri strips alone until they fall off by themselves.

The PA removed mine at my first post op visit since they didn't fall off on their own.

I have staples and band aids . I showered and changed the band aids. The are starting to itch though. Must be healing!

Thanks Everyone.

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I had my staples out after 10 days and they put steri strips on afterwards but some of them only lasted a day or so. I am down to just three strips. Everything else has healed up and the itching is starting to subside.