Sleeved 9 days ago....still having some pain sitting & standing but I have 2 little ones. Yesterday felt pretty good but this morning I am having really bad "pulling" type pains under my largest incision...figure that's probably normal as things are healing. But I just looked and under the pain about an inch is a bruise (1" big). Just wondering if anyone else experienced external bruising?

I am like the queen of bruises. I had brusing underneath my large incision as well. I'm just over 3 weeks out and it's now starting to fade. My worst bruises were from the blood thinner shots in the bottom part of my stomach. I have one about 4 inches in diamater from a shot they have me in the hospital still and it's purple & blue right now! Bruising is totally normal!

I had a bruise under my biggest incision site because that's where they took my stomach out. It was quite a small hole for 85% of my stomach to come through. So glad it's gone.

I bruised also and has the pulling sensation as things healed. Just keep an eye on any noticeable swelling

It is just scar tissue building up, more than likely in the largest incision.

So this is somewhat related, but did anyone have a kind of dent on their tummy where the big incision is??

I didn't have any bruising, but I did have the dent in my tummy. It looked rather strange, and it was there for several months, but eventually everything evened out again.

Yes, I do have a "dent". It is also due to the scar tissue.

I had the dent, and it disappeared about month 2. Also had the pulling, and was told it was scar tissue forming. Lasted less than two weeks. The bruising is from the blood thinners. Takes them awhile to completely leave your system. Yiou could have bumped the edge of the sink and not eve noticed.

The pulling is due to your internal stitches stretching. If you think about your anatomy you have a layer of muscle that had to also be cut through to get your stomach out. So you have internal stitches that were stitched on the way out of the largest incision. Hence why you have a dent there goes away when the last stitch dissolves.

I'm 2 weeks out and I also have bruises under my 2 lower incisions. They have been more painful lately, but I also sit for several hours at a time for work. I have the pulling sensation too, but I remember having that with my c-sections. It's all the internal muscles they cut through - it's all still healing.