Does your stomach heal together or do the staples hold it together for the rest of your life? If the stomach does heal back together how long does that take?

As far as I know it heals back together. The staples probably eventually dissolve.

I don't think my staples will ever dissolve. The surgeon told me they were titanium.

Oh, well, shows how much I know...

I think it was a reasonable assumption if the surgeon didnt mention it. Also, doctors are so different, anything could be true.

I have titanium staples also, they will be there forever and my stomach will heal together. I'm 22 weeks out and I'm doing fine. I would get the "slimmies" for the first 4 to 6 weeks.

The staples don't dissolve and the stomach heals together over top of the staples. Don't worry you will not set off the metal detectors in the airport

From reading other posts, I think at 6 weeks you are in the safe zone. Don't know how long it takes to completely heal.

If you ever enter the Marvel universe, Magneto will easily be able to kill you by pulling the staples from your stomach.