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How long after surgery should I remove the band aids on my incisions ? I was told they would fall off but they haven't yet and they are kinda gross

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I was told 7-10 days and they would fall off. How far out are you?

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9 days, feel great like nothing happened. First few days were just terrible with nausea but now I feel like its too good to be true and I'm down 14 lbs since surgery day

Mine were still on...they said they would fall off.... at my 2 week post op appointment and my dr removed them

I went home without bandaids. They wanted them kept dry. If they are just normal bandaids can you take them off and check things out/clean it and then put on new ones? If they are steri-strips you might want to call the doc's office and ask. I would at least look under there and see what it going on!

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yeah its the strips I mean wasn't sure what they were called. Everything seems fine I was gonna just take them off in the shower but I'm afraid of maybe mes sing with something. Thanks for the feedback I guess I will leave then until I see my Dr next week.

Mine fell off around week 3-4.

How long after surgery should I remove the band aids on my incisions ? I was told they would fall off but they haven't yet and they are kinda gross

I was able to remove the bandaids the day after surgery. I was able to remove the steri-strips one week after surgery. Both were per my doctors instructions.

Mine were itching like crazy so I pulled mine off about a week after the surgery. The doc said that they need to be on for about 3 days and after that, as long as there's no bleeding or pain, you can take them off.

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