My husband and I were sleeved on May 21st. Our incisions themselves appear to be healing nicely but my husbands stomach area below the incisions is bruised. Pretty much his whole lower stomach.The skin is not hot or tender to the touch. No fever. He did have a hernia repaired. Anyone else have this kind of bruising after surgery?

Yes on both sides its from the blood thinner shots...my bruising was there for about 4 weeks

I also had a bit of bruising. Not as much as you described about your husband. Everyone is different and if they have to move the instruments around more it can cause bruising. When you go for your 2 week check up make sure the doctor looks at it. Good luck to both of you.

Very helpful. Thank you.

I had a lot of bruising also, and mostly where I had been given Heparin injections. I'm 5 weeks out tomorrow and they are gone now.

My wife and I were sleeved May 20th. My wife has a lot of bruising but I have little. I don't think it is anything to worry about. My wife is an RN and she wasn't concerned about hers. In addition I am (hopefully was) diabetic and taking insulin. Occasionally a shot would end up giving me a large bruise on my stomach if I hit a tiny blood vessel. These would normally be the size of a baseball but were as big as a softball. This was only from a tiny shot. What we went through was a lot more traumatic. I think it is fairly normal and of little concern.

Thank you so much for your posts about bruising. I had my surgery on Aug. 19, 2014 and it looks like I was in a horrible accident. The incisions look OK, but the bruising was scary and I was wondering about calling the doctor. My followup is Sept 4 but I'm feeling more comfortable about them now so I think I'll just wait. This site is wonderful!!

I'm six weeks out and I still have a little bit of faint bruising. I think it should be gone in another couple of weeks. I am REALLY pale on my belly, so even though it's faint, it's still pretty noticeable.

Yes from the blood thinner shots. Over time they will go away. My doctor said they were nothing to worry about

I'm 4wks out and yes the lower abdominal area both sides are still lightly bruised. They come from the thinner shots. I even had a little bit around incisions. The shots hurt worse than the bruising ever did.

I bruised big time, my whole stomach was various shades of horrible for a good 4-6 weeks. That being said, I always have bruised very easily. If I go for a deep massage, I have had finger prints bruises left behind.