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I'm two and a half years post surgery and you couldn't see my scars unless your nose was against my stomach. That probably painted an odd picture.

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Not at all, but I think it really depends on whether you're prone to keloid scars. If you are, it's a wound and you could get keloid scarring like any wound.


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Hi, I developed 3 keloid scars and and one of them kept getting irritated because it rubbed my bra. I had surgery 1 Dec 2015 and about 6 months later during my doctor follow up I asked him if he could remove them. I scheduled and outpatient minor surgery (scar revision) and everything went well. I was given a cream to put on the wounds for 5 days, I think it was some type of steroid to prevent another scar from forming. Two weeks later it was completely healed. I do have a bit of discoloration in that area but with time you can barely tell. By the way, I lost 100 lb 9 months after my surgery I used to weight 282 lb. In total I lost 127 lb and as of today I weight 156 lb.


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