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girlfromtexas    1

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I am 8 days post op. Had my sleeve on March 26th. I am doing great and I am down 16 pounds 1 week post op! It's been tough but but worth it. Last night my stomach just started being itchy. My incisions are all clean and not red, but the area around them all are itching. Is this common with the healing? If so, how do you guys handle it? I can't take Benedryl during the day it makes me so sleepy!!

Any advice is greatly appreciated!!

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Losing in PA    26

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The incisions are healing,trynot to scratch if you really need to lightly rub the area that is itchy this may help or apply l.otion

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purplegerber    29

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I used to scratch a completely different area sort of near the incision site.. So i could at least scratch something, but not on the site directly. It is healing which is why it is itchy. Good luck though.

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do you have sensitive skin? I do and I had terrible itching and a rash on my stomach just after surgery, the doctor said it was a reaction to the iodine they put on it during surgery. Hydrocortisone cream cleared it up fairly quickly

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girlfromtexas    1

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thank you all! I did call my Doctor. They had me remove all my steri strips and put hydrocortisone cream on them, By the time I took off my steri strips they were all puffy but non of them are oozing now. Just really welted up and VERY itchy!! Today I had to call them again and they suggested the benadryl cream and it works much better. Other than that...9 days post op I am great.

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azinuit1    12

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I used calamine lotion, in the am and pm...two days of extreme itchies!!!! now it is getting better

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