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Hi everyone,

Not sure if this is the same for everyone but I had glue put on my incisions, instead of stitches, now I have 11 days post op and I feel itchy a lot and the glue is beginning to come off. My surgeon told me that the glue will start coming off by themselves and that I could wash lightly but for some reason I'm scared of the glue coming off. I'm afraid that the incision will open! If I wanted to I can literally just lift all the glue and take it off which I am avoiding. How was your guys' experience with this? Also after the glue does come off did any of you use any type of creams so the scars fade better?!

Thank you!

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I didn't have stitches either they just glued them shut and put steri-strips on them. At my first post op appointment my doc took off the steri-strips and I was really freaking out because I thought that I would start gushing blood... Don't worry I didn't! If some of the glue comes off I think you will be fine I didn't have any issues and I was only 6 days off when he took off the strips.

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I had that too.. I was so scared but it was fine.. The being itchy is a VERY good thing since it means you are healing. What happened to me is I put Water pruff bandaids on to swim and one of them took the glue off when I took it off since it was a little too small. It was healed fine but I still waited a day to mess with the others. It was fine but I like you was scared since I want my scars to be as small as possible.

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I too had the glue but nothing else and they almost all fell off by the 3rd-4th week. I was itching like crazy just days after surgery and was told not to fuss with the glue 'stitches' at all. I used Benadryl spray and it was a lifesaver. I just sprayed it right on and it worked and didn't affect my glue at all. I also sometimes at night would crush a Benadryl pill and eat it with applesauce to keep from waking up in the middle of the night itching. I found myself waking up and unconsciously scratching away at my incisions and was loosening the glue. The pills worked great as well but made me sleepy. Good luck and call your doctors office if you are concerned.

As far as them coming off, mine seemed to come off at night when I slept. I woke up a few times to see them in my bed sheets. Kind of a gross find but it was painless. One came off when I was putting on a shirt. Again, I was told by Kaiser not to touch them or try to take them off myself whatsoever and not to use any sort of creams on my incisions until I was at least 4 weeks post-op.

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I too had the glue but nothing else and they almost all fell off by the 3rd-4th week. I was itching like crazy just days after surgery and was told not to fuss with the glue at all. I used Benadryl spray and it was a lifesaver. I just sprayed it right on and it worked and didn't affect my glue at all. I also sometimes at night would crush a Benadryl pill and eat it with applesauce to keep from waking up in the middle of the night itching. I found myself waking up and unconsciously scratching away at my incisions and was loosening the glue. The pills worked great as well but made me sleepy. Good luck and call your doctors office if you are concerned.

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