I'm 5 days post op and staples come out on April 1. How are the internal ones removed? I can't imagine another incision??

They're not removed.

They're not removed.

How is that? Are they dissolvable?

No they do not dissolve there are 3 rows of very little ones on both inside and out of the stomach.

No they do not dissolve there are 3 rows of very little ones on both inside and out of the stomach.

So they are permanently there??

Yeah scar tissue eventually forms over them.

Yeah scar tissue eventually forms over them.

Hmm... Very interesting.

Your surgeon didn't explain this to you prior to surgery?

I was a little freaked out by it too when I first heard that the little staples don't come out. Watch this video, it talks more about it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRWaAlaJF8

The staples are titanium. Completely hypoallergenic. As someone said, scar tissue will form around them and they will be yours forever.

Your surgeon didn't explain this to you prior to surgery? I was a little freaked out by it too when I first heard that the little staples don't come out. Watch this video, it talks more about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRWaAlaJF8

Thanks for the info. He may have explained this but it was a lot of info at once. :-)

Like the others have explained, the 3 rows of staples are what is holding your sleeve together. My surgeon even showed me pictures of what it would look like after surgery. Nothing to worry about...my daughter has 8 titanium screws in her collar bone and even went through security at an airport with no problem.