So my gastric sleeve was done on August 31st and I am nervous because one of my cuts , I feel like a hard ball under it if that makes sense like it's hard under the skin hard to explain but can anyone relate ? I'm scared .

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I had that too but it went away in time. Heck, you just had this done and are still healing. By all means talk to your surgeon -- I'm no doctor -- but no need to be scared.

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Thanks this is all so new to me lol

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I have that too and I had my sleeve done in August 23rd.

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Probably scar tissue?

More likely sutures below the surface of the skin and/or swelling as it heals. I've had similar (but less obvious) texture as routine cuts healed. I'm almost 5 months out--pretty much gone now.

I'm 3 months out and I have the same under one of mine...it's the site where they pulled my stomach out. The incision gets a bit stretched so the stitch is more like a loop (it's called a purse-string suture) that's pulled tight then tied off. The lump will eventually go away as the body absorbs the suture.

Thanks everyone!

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If they glued the outside of your incisions, then they stitched the inside of your incisions and it's just trying to come out. No big deal they said!

Yup, I have the same thing where my large incision is. Surgeon said it had a couple stitches inside.

Yup. Same here.

Sleeved 11 months ago.

Can't even see the scars anymore.