Steri Strips

[Nikki_D 28]

Hi Everyone,

I'm 8 days post and wondering how long does it take for the steri strips to fall off. How long did yours stay on?

Nikki

[Butterfly5 1]

Hi! Monday I will be 2 weeks post op and I was wondering the same thing. And I totally forgot to ask my doc if the stiches will go away on their own or not. I would assume they would. But the strips are starting to drive me crazy itchy! Hope everything is going well so far with your post op recovery?

[Nikki_D 28]

I never asked the dr. even if I had stitches under the strips. Some of the strips are starting to lift and shift. And I think the itchy feeling is the actual wounds healing. I tried to peek behind the strips that are lifting and the incision looks closed. And a speedy recovery to you too!!!

[seniorsleever 17]

As an RN, I can confidently say take them off. At 8 days postop you should have healed enough not to need them anymore. They are just there to hold the incision together until it starts to heal.

[BeenThereWasThat 2]

My doc took them off at my first pre-op appointment... I was so worried that I would start gushing blood...don't worry I didn't! I think they would have stayed on for months! Surgeon said to use pure acetone to get rid of the fuzzy dirt of the steri strips outline it worked and I made hubby do it...I was so worried...

[laylasmojo 10]

mine came off witih in the first week but mine was single insion so since it was at my belly button my pants were rubbing on it

[2bslimkim 11]

Mine where still on 14 days later on the larger insicions. I did some reading and found out it was OK to peel them off so I did (what was left)

[JaspersGirl 147]

my doc said let them fall off on their own, the stitches desolve and the strip will fall off. I am 21days post op, and I had 2 (the bigger ones) still on, I pulled one of them in the shower, and I bled! I said damn, I will let the other one fall off by itself instead. I guess everyone is different?

[MelissaAnd 3]

My dr peeled my off at my post-op appt 1 week out. Now I have a small rash near each one. Maybe a reaction to the sticky stuff. I have a slight allergy to latex. I was putting Mederma on them, but stopped because the rash was getting worse. Now I just let them be and they itch like crazy! The incisions all look good and I nothing oozing from them. Just a slight rash and a little irritation. The strips are only there to help make sure the incisions close. I used alcohol swabs from my dr's office. The nurse gave them to me. they are the ones that they use before administering a shot. Worked good to get all the sticky stuff off. Might also be what irritated my skin.

[JaspersGirl 147]

I am itchy too where the other strips fell off, I am slightly allergic to latex, I hate that itch, sometimes I forget not to itch so hard, lol