When did you stop cleaning your inscisions and just let them air out and heal naturally?

[Italiancurves 117]

Like there are two inscisions that I can see are going to take more time than the other three which already look good to go (3 days post op).

How long did YOU treat your inscisions???

[txskibum 1]

4 days after release from Hospital. I'm 7 days out and fully healed - just pink. I think the daily neosporin helped speed it along.

[Italiancurves 117]

Oh, good to hear. They didnt even tell me to use neosporine , I just did because I always have, post op.

[rswa3319 69]

I literally never touched mine at all. I'm used to tattoo and piercing care so competitively I did nothing at all. In reality what I did do was use antibacterial dial soap in the shower and let them get plenty of air from day one. I never had more than some steri-strips and skin glue though. By day 3 post op they were already healed.

[Seela 1,187]

My dr said to leave the steri strips on until my post op appointment. . Day ten post op he took them off and they were pretty much all healed up!

[CrystalW 35]

I have dermabond on mine, so they aren't open to air just yet. Mine are healing up nicely though. (3 days post op as well)

[acubi2 33]

My surgeon used glue to cover mine. I am supposed to let the glue naturally fall off and voila all better! I am skeptical but my incisions look really good. I am 5 days post op.

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[CrystalW 35]

My surgeon used glue to cover mine. I am supposed to let the glue naturally fall off and voila all better! I am skeptical but my incisions look really good. I am 5 days post op.

Mine look just like yours.

[Macy6 356]

I never did anything beyond antibacterial soap until.... I had the dermabond and 2 healed in days, the big one and other 2 small ones were slower. The 2 small ones got pretty pink and were a little sore and the glue/scab lifted up partially on my big one creating a breeding ground. I kept them clean with dial soap and used triple antibiotic ointment and it all healed right up. I still have no idea why the two on the right healed in days while the left lingered around for awhile. If the scab hadn't lifted I wouldn't have used anything other than antibacterial soap but it got kinda gross when that happened.

[Italiancurves 117]

Ok thanks ladies, I have no glue, and no steri strips, only stitches that will dissolve. I was told to wash daily with soap and Water, then use peroxide. I do have one that is looking a little oozy. Using neosporine. Have a bad rash all over my stomache, probably from the adhesive tape :-(

[Brighteyes 237]

So this is what I woke up to. Doc told me to shower normally once I got home. I am 8 days post op and the large Patches and hearts are now gone (surgery team must have thought they were cute...sweet gesture). I now just have sterile strips, but some of those are falling off. I am just using an antibacterial soap when showering and leaving them alone.

[gomekast 559]

I'm two weeks post op and my incisions are not fully healed yet. They are partly, but not all the way.

[gloryfadess 28]

day one :

and I left the steri strips on till they fell off. I just used unscented antibacterial soap

three weeks: