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Sleeve Scar Tissue

Does anyone know how long it takes to develop the scar tissue that heals over the sleeve's staple line?

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Mine took a week. It started to raise after three weeks. :-(

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Sorry..I'm referring to inside where the sleeve is made, not the incision on the tummy :) Or am I still confused?lol

Like anything it is dependant on many things like the rateyou typically heal at, meds you might take, etc. But typically the scar is fully formed at like 6 months, certainly by a year out.

my doc told me at my six week, that at 6-8 weeks, its 90% healed, and that goes up to about 95% within the first six months. He never did say it got to 100%...LOL.

I was told it was 6 months to completely heal. But I had a 2 month period where I couldn't lift over 10 lbs or do any vigorous exercise. ;)

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Thanks to all who responded!

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