Soooo tommorrow I have my one week check up! I'm so nervous there going to take me staples out?! How bad does it hurt tell me the truth?! So nervous it's unreal

I have yet to have my Sleeve.

But, I have had my Abdomen opened from top to bottom, twice.....

the Staple removal is no more than a little pinch. Nothing to be worried or scared of:-)

Ok you promise because I'm terrified! Lol what a Amy right!

A pinch. Easy. They use a tool like a weird staple remover that lift the staples up and out. If it REALLY hurts, help by holding down around the area. I've had two knee replacements and around 25 staples on each knee. The ones on my belly were easy removal. Honestly. It LOOKS scarier than it is.

What staples?????

Haven't had surgery yet...

What staples?????

Haven't had surgery yet...

Not everyone has staples. My doctor used glue and steri-strips. You should ask so you know what to expect.

I don't have staples either..I have glue..they should have told you what to expect

Yeah no one told me what to expect! I thought it was going to be glue and the strips and woke up to 9 staples and the worst part is that that I'm having a bit of a reaction to the staples like my incision is fine but where the staples are is a bit red :/

wnicoleb, mine were a bit read around the staples too. The actual incision looks nicely healed but all of my little staple holes have a small bit of red around them. My surgeon said they looked good and I had them removed Tuesday. Since then everything is healing up nicely. They itch a lot but nothing that drives me crazy.

The removing was very easy. Just a slight tug and out they come. I'll admit it was a little sore after but again nothing more than a pain level of 1.

I had no clue what was under the Water tight bandage until my surgeon took them off. It kinda felt like staples under there but wasn't sure.

It doesnt hurt at all! PROMISE....

Perhaps they use staples when it looks like the glue and strips won't hold?

Good question. I am in the waiting room now about to get mine out. It cant be worse than c-section staples.

Done. Easy. And I even had a tricky one that didnt want to come out. Nothing compared to that dang drain. That thing almost killed me.

U guys were so right!!!! It didn't hurt at all! The only one that kinda tugged/pinched a little was my top one near my boobies!!! But even that wasn't bad!! So my sleeved friends who have yet to remove ur staples its no sweat at all !! They were not lying! )