I have searched and searched and can't find a Poll for this, so I thought I'd start one. I'm curious as to what your incisions were closed with, I think I've covered most of the bases. If you were closed with a combination other than what I've got in the poll, can you write it as a reply to the thread? For example if you (like Wheetsin-I think) had staples and Tegaderm/Opsite, your primary closure would be staples, but I'd love to know about the addition of the Opsite/Tegaderm.

I've heard that the clinic I am going to uses staples, and I am NOT a fan (they itch me terribly!), so I've love to a basic cross-section of what people around the world have had. Maybe I can sway the surgeon? I can dream...

i had glue... i think.. dont think there was anything disolvable

I had glue, no problems apart from thyemlasting a long time and looking quite dirty

glue, and stiches inside.

Band incisions were closed with staples covered with sheets of clear sticker stuff. Had another lap surgery a few weeks ago and he used absorbable sutures and steristrips, covered with the same sticker. Except for the navel incision which was left as-is (and ended up pulling open).

I found the sutures & strips to be MUCH itcher than the staples, but the scarring (so far) much, much less.

He used dissolvable internal stitches and steristrips on me. He normally uses staples, but I made a big to-do about it, so he said he's try not to use staples unless he had to.

1 incision ended up bubbling out and forming a weird scar.

For my revision surgery it was steri-strips again.. not sure if there were any internal stitches.

Dissolvable stitches inside, glue and steri-strips outside.

In my case were stitches inside that dissolve in a couple of weeks, and glue in my skin (dermabond). I am great. My surgery was in Tijuana, B.C. Mexico. And my follow up by camera in the internet with my surgeon, and my doctor here in the US. Everything looks perfect.

Dr. Contreras Guarista.

Weightloss Management Clinic - Home

Tijuana, B.C. Mexico.

Glue and Steri Strips. Worked great so far. Glue is still on port site. I'll let you know when it all falls off on how the scar looks.

Lee:

I noticed that you had gall bladder surgery. I'm scheduled to get gall bladder removed in April. Any suggestions for someone who already has a band and is now getting gall bladder out? Had no complications with band surgery except nausea. I'm guessing there's no way to avoid that with the anesthesia. Band surgery was very easy recovery. How does the laproscopic gall bladder removal compare to band surgery?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Sue

Dissolving stitches and Opsite dressings. My doc used to use steri-strips but said that many of his patients got rashes because of them (which has happened to me with past surgeries). The Opsite was great, it started peeling up on its own in a week and I took it the rest of the way, because I couldn't deal with the dirty half-peeled-up sticky stuff. My incisions look pretty good. I have been putting Mederma on them but I have so many scars and stretch marks already that it's not a huge deal to me.