Just curious... I didn't really know where to put this thread. But what happens to the staples after your all healed?

Scar tissue grows over and around them as your stomach heals. They are surgical steel or titanium; won't set off airport metal detectors. They don't look like staples used for paper--they are very tiny and very closely spaced together. However, if you are talking about the staples some surgeons use on skin incisions, they are removed at your post-op appointment.

Is scar ti

Scar tissue grows over and around them as your stomach heals. They are surgical steel or titanium; won't set off airport metal detectors. They don't look like staples used for paper--they are very tiny and very closely spaced together. However, if you are talking about the staples some surgeons use on skin incisions, they are removed at your post-op appointment.

If scar tissue is growing over the staples can they become infected?

If scar tissue is growing over the staples can they become infected?

Highly unlikely, they are sterile and made of material that the body tolerates and simply encapsulates, while not totally impossible it is just very highly unlikely. Other surgical implants don't cause infection either.

Thanks for the replies!