EGADS WHEN can i SHOWER?

[lizrbit 0]

hey all!

this is another question i should have asked while i was there, but of course i didnt.

When can we take a shower??? Do we change bandages or just leave the ones the dr put on..on?

can anyone advise?

[babygrl1234 6]

I showered the day after I returned home from the hospital (two days post-op). However my insicions were closed with Dermabond (glue) not bandages.

[phlyinphebee 0]

I had staples and bandaids. I got to shower the next day and changed the bandaids. Boy did I ever feel better after that. You just cannot soak the sites in Water. Also I had to use antibactrial (sp) soap.

[Shayne9927 0]

Just make sure your steri-strips don't come off. Be careful when you're washing around them and you'll be fine.

[lapband4meNOW 0]

I have the liquid bandaid over incisions and the doctor said I could take a shower 48 hours after because that is that liquid bandaid requirement. I do have some tiny stitches of course.

[r2ht4u 0]

well I got into the shower the next day...just dont soap up the area of the steri-strips if you have them.

[Iluvharleys 15]

You can shower, but don't take a bath! I couldn't take a bath or go swimming for 7 weeks!

[marjon9 6]

I agree with what everyone is saying, but I'd still check with your doctor first. It's really key to get the incisions healed properly without infection. If you have steri-strips you might have a different answer to the shower question than someone who has staples.

[Conman 0]

Just got home today frome yesterdays band procedure. Have steri strips which the doc said to shower in without problem. They will come off or almost come off in about 5 days.

[HelenC 0]

I was told to shower every day. To take my bandages (not the steri-strips) off after 2 days, and then to let the steri-strips fall off when they did.

[cjschultz 0]

How long before the strips are supposed to fall off? I am two weeks post op and not all of them have came off yet. Should I still just wait for them to fall off on there own?

[HelenC 0]

Eh, I kinda peeled my strips off myself at 12 days, if they seemed ready to go. Most were, one wasn't...I gave it a couple of more days and then took it off

[Kat817 19]

I showered before leaving the hospital. I would simplyuse my head. As you have been told, no soaking, in the tub, pool, hot tub, anything for minimally 6 weeks he told me, I waited lots longer!! I was stitched, and was just told not to scrub the incisions, just to let the Water run over them. I would not use highly scented shower gels or anything. I didn't think about it prior, so had made no plans-had nothing different on hand to shower with, so I used my granddaughters Baby wash---it worked fine.

Getting me and my hair clean---made me feel ten times better instantly!!

Kat

[Davyna 0]

I have steri-strips which were covered in bandaids. My dr told me to take off the bandaids the day after surgery and take a shower, and do not scrub the incision sites for three weeks.

[thatgirl 0]

I had steri strips with band aids over them and only took baths until after my post op when he removed the steri strips. I wanted to shower super bad but have had enough surgeries to know that it is hard to shower and keep those steri strips and stuff on, so I washed around them and just did baths. I had someone wash my hair in a sink.