when do the incisions completely heal?

[ladiebashful 1]

cuz they itch and i have glue on mine i dnt wana scratch them and they get infected.

[PdxMan 4,292]

Everyone is different, but for me, it was about 10 days. I kept neosporin and bandaids on them at night when I slept and took them off before my shower.

[Khy 16]

Well on the outside about 10 days. I don't think everything is healed on the inside though because at my 2 week post-op appointment I was told no heavy lifting and still no weight machnes at the gym.

Khy

[Indymom 132]

I have dissolvable sutures and steri-strips on my incisions. The steri-strips still haven't come off (I'm on day 8) and I can still see the sutures. I'm guessing mine are likely to stick around a little longer. They do itch, though.

[Penpen 28]

Okay, well, I'm almost 9-10 weeks out and I have 3 incisions that still leak and itch. I was told by my doc's office that this is normal because there's no pus, no foul smell, and no fever. I was told that at 5 weeks it would be completely healed and that after that I could go swimming, etc. Nope, didn't happen. Sigh!! I have my 3 month appointment next week and I will be mentioning this forsure.

[Nancy Rivers 24]

I was told to not put anything on my incisions at all. For the itching, my surgeon told me I could take a benedryl. You could "lightly rub" over the incisions - that won't open them up and it will give some relief (I did that). Supposedly they are healed in about 6 weeks, but mine will be longer than that because the internal stitching is not dissolving and my body is slowly pushing the thread out. However, all are healed over on the outside and I should be cleared to start exercising and going in the pool in 2 weeks when I go back for my checkup.