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I would love to hear if anyone has broken out from the glue or strips? How long did it take the strips to fall off? I am itching like crazy and they have tried Benadryl, Allegra, cream, and now a steroid shot today. Thanks for any advice.

Ps. I am eight days post op.

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《Raises hand》Me! I'm allergic to most adhesives, told the hospital & surgeon's office that before surgery, but was still covered in steri-strips and tagaderm Patches when I woke up. I'm two weeks post-op and at about 1-1/2 weeks the hives started; I'm now covered in them from my groin to my neck, front & back. Every day they climb a bit higher (and lower). I've been religiously popping benedryl every 4 hours but hasn't made a huge difference.

I see my PCP on Monday to see if she has any recommendations, as the surgeon didn't seem to concerned in my first post-op visit yesterday. :-(

I took the steri-strips off myself last night at the surgeon's ok.

Good luck!

Lisa

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I had the same reaction, but was able to go to an urgent care at the suggestion of my surgeon's office. They gave me a steroid shot and a prescription topical cream. The hives were gone in 24 hours. Hope you get better soon.

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Yep! I had big red welts on my tummy for WEEKS! Honestly, the itching was the worst part of the healing process for me.

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I would love to hear if anyone has broken out from the glue or strips? How long did it take the strips to fall off? I am itching like crazy and they have tried Benadryl' date=' Allegra, cream, and now a steroid shot today. Thanks for any advice.

Ps. I am eight days post op.[/quote']

Yes I was allergic to the tagederm dressings had big red raised Patches where the adhesive had been.

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I used rubbing alcohol as the strips lifted to remove the residue and stop the itching. Hope that helps.

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I had this same thing happen as well!?, I fine on day 7 ( I had glue strips) on day 8.... It was a nightmare! That was itching like I didn't know existed! My skin was red under and had a red ring around them. I halos was covered in hive like bumps on my stomach! My mom ended up pulling the glue strips off so I could get relief. I would lay bags of ice on my stomach and cover in cortisone itch cream a lot! Also where I had touched the strips and touched another place on my body, I.e. Face, arms ect...those places also broke out the same way!! I found out TOO late that I'm highly allergic yo adhesives.....hope this helps

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Mine made my stomach burst out into a rash. I have some topical steroid cream, I put that on and it cut the itching. The itching stopped when the strips fell off lol

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It will settle down after a few days

I beg to differ, based on personal experience. If you're truly allergic it can take more than a month to subside, even with a strong corticosteroid.

Happily for me, tho, I have no signs of it anymore. :-)

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If one has had previous allergies to adhesive I assume the chances are high they will react to Steri strips? Is this what people are experiencing? Did most of you know you were allergic to adhesive before hand? I have had allergies to adhesive that were super unpleasant - even in a small bandaid I react - so I am hoping they can come up with an alternative for me... although not sure what!

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If one has had previous allergies to adhesive I assume the chances are high they will react to Steri strips? Is this what people are experiencing? Did most of you know you were allergic to adhesive before hand? I have had allergies to adhesive that were super unpleasant - even in a small bandaid I react - so I am hoping they can come up with an alternative for me... although not sure what!

I'm the same way. It just started six years ago. Now I make sure that I put that I'm allergic to tape on my forms. All my previous procedures they've used paper tape. No swelling and no itching.

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Yup, I told the hospital repeatedly that I was allergic to adhesives and they would have to use paper tape, but they still put on steri strips and bandaids. I had a terrible allergic reaction which was actually worse than the surgery, took 4 weeks for the rash, itching and hives to go away, The funny thing was that about 8 different people asked me prior to surgery what I was allergic to, they all wrote it down and then the surgical team ignored it.

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I have never had a reaction to adhesives before, but developed huge hives around each incision site. They had used Dermabond (I believe) They got bigger over the course of 3-4 weeks, but they also faded. I took liquid Benadryl and also put cortisone cream over it. It helped take the itch away. Hope it stops for you soon.

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I had the same reaction. I took benadryl pills and triple paste for rubbing. It works for me.

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