I am a week out and my incisions are red around the edges and they itch a lot. I don't know if it's the actually incision or if it's the stretch marks that I have on my belly that are dry causing them to itch. I haven't put cream on my belly because I was told not to. The incisions do not hurt. When I press on my stomach I feel no pain at all but I was wondering is this normal? Is it because they are healing? Has anyone else had this before. Please let me know

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it sounds normal to me -

when do you go in for your first follow up?

it sounds normal to me -

when do you go in for your first follow up?

On Monday

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good, if you are worried call tomorrow morning, but otherwise make sure they look at them Monday - and let us know how you are doing!

My incisions are still pretty red a month out. The itchiness is from healing. As long as the incisions are not swollen, oozy, hot or overly painful, you don't have a fever, and the redness is restricted to the incision itself instead of the surrounding tissue, you should be fine.

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The area surrounding my incisions has all these tiny little bumps. I dont know if its from the weird Water proof tape they had over them or what. No one told me if I could or couldn't put something on the area. It itches like crazy, and of course no one answers or responds to messages at my surgeons office. Im sure its ok, but it sure is annoying....and awkward...when I start scratching in public. Lol

It's never too late, until its too late

Sounds normal. I had an allergic reaction to some of tape they used to tape down a med pump. I put a mild cortisone on it and I was not told I could not moisturize area and was told I could use neosporin.

Benadryl for itching and Vaseline on incisions helped me!

Oh and I should add that I had a lot of itching post op in hospital and they said that was likely from anesthia and gave me Benadryl it as not in any one spot but lasted in mild way for about a week.

Thank you for everyone who commented I didn't see these comments until today but I did end up going to the ER yesterday they told me that everything looked good and it could just be because of the tissue underneath. I was told to drink Benadryl for itching. Once again I want to thank everyone for helping me figure out what was going on

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