I am 8 days post op. My belly itches sooooo bad. Anyone else have this? If so, any advice?

The itching was the worst!!!!! I grinned and bared it the first few weeks till my incisions healed and closed up. Lotion and warm water soothes it for me.

Yup! I'm itching like crazy! But I have staples in my incisions so I can't do anything but itch around it

I am 10 weeks out and still get itchy!

No advice, but I am 3 weeks out and I still itch....but now I'm itchy all over my belly. eek!

If you are still on pain pills that can also cause itching

itching is normal. means your incisions are trying to heal. I rub lotion around my sites

I also read somewhere rapid weight loss can cause stretch marks to become really itchy as well. There was some science about why that I can't recall! But it was def worse than the itchy incisions for sure!

Just read about the same thing. It can be from bacteria in the folds of the skin, low-fat diets can change the oil level in skin, or, as we are putting the skin through the ringer with the speed of the weight loss, that fascia is deteriorating. It can take some time to work itself out. But, it will.

I can't believe how much my belly itches! Ugh, it drives me crazy! I was sleeved on Dec 8th & I can't stop scratching my tummy

I am 8 days post op. My belly itches sooooo bad. Anyone else have this? If so, any advice?

Your incisions are healing. Unfortunately that's one of the down falls of healing incisions. I had surgery on my neck 2 months ago and my scar is still itching as if it was day one. Try some vitamin e oil and run on belly and scars( if the incisions are fully healed of course) that may help some

So, someone said treat your sleeve like a new baby, be gentle and introduce things slowly. And as we all know, pregnant bellies are itchy bellies.... So that explains it. Maybe.

I had horrible itching during the first few weeks! Not to mention that the dry cold weather had set in already when I had my sleeve done. I used baby oil, coconut oil and even ended up getting a prescription from my physician. Ultimately, do the best you can to deal with your dry skin and know that it will go away when you least expect it.

Good luck!