I thought some of you might be curious to see what it might look like after surgery.. I know that not all surgeons do the operation the same, however, I think this will give you and idea.

Thanks for letting us see what it looks like. Did you have a lot of pain? How is everything going?

oh by the way... I know everyone is jealous because I look so sexy!!!

Ummm not really much pain at all. I took gas-x for the first few days and made sure that I walked around a lot. I also took a lot of slow, deep breaths to expand things in there. Surprisingly, the most pain has come from my port area. I suspect this might be something that they will improve in years to come because that seems to cause a lot of people problems. It is still quite swollen in that area... and if I get out of breath at all.. it is uncomfortable around that area. Otherwise I am doing great. I was 12 pounds down at one week and can totally tell a difference.

Thanks for sharing those pics...very interesting how the sites look. Take care and good luck!

-Lili

My sites are about th esame but my surgeon used the "glue" instead of staples, my port area is alsothe sorest spot and I get alot of epigastric pain, when I got home I was actually 5 pounds heavier, after the gas and fluid passed I have rid myself of the 5 plus 3 more, i cant wait til i feel a little better and can move around and exercise. Good luck!

Hello there, thanks for posting your pics! Just to let you know, there is a whole thread dedicated to scar stages, you may wish to post you pics there, too. And you can see how other folks' look.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/scar-stages-share-yours-6117/

Hey, that's MY belly!

9 months later, my incision lines are just little pale lines.

And there's a whole lot less belly than before!

Thanks so much for sharing your pictures!! I am sure you are happy that the major part is behind you. Good Luck w/your weight loss journey

I'm so glad you shared the pics! Thank you

Thanks for posting pics. I am very bruised and I wasn't sure if I should look like that. I only saw one pic that kind of looks like me. I look like a bat was taken to my stomach. It is slowly going away. I am one of those people who can just look at something and get bruised.

Banded on the 5th and my bruises are fading, I feel human, lots of glue still stuck to my belly from the steri strips and bandages what takes that off. 10.5 lbs less of me and oh all people my father said to me today you look good I can already tell your losing weight. (he was the sceptic about all this) Good luck to all!

My little incisions are invisible at 18 months post op but the big one is still there. Its getting paler and paler but I suspect it will take a few more years. I cant even see my caesar scar at 4 years so I'm hoping!

Thanks for sharing your pics...my incisions were glued and not stapled...

You didn't have any bruising. I was extremely bruised. Some areas were as big as the palm of my hand, purple...was weeks before the bruising went away.

Thanks for sharing with us! I love your name, by the way! =)