Just curious...
When you woke up from surgery, did you have traditional stitches or did your surgeon use Dermabond?
I was very surprised to find Dermabond this time. It was so much more comfortable. No pain, no pulling, no being careful with pants or waistbands, no fear of infections...just awesome!
I’ve had four other abdominal (laparoscopic) surgeries but always woke up to traditional stitches.

On 6/5/2018 at 11:45 PM, teddynola said:

I too woke up to dermabond, but I am allergic to the ones that disolve. My incisions were so inflamed and one dehisced. I addressed it with my surgeon, so that was her route to go. Thank goodness I'm not allergic to dermabond.

I'm so sorry that you had to go through that. Good luck with hitting your goal, you are so close, congratulation!

Well, it seems I'm allergic to Dermabond, as well. The itching is driving me crazy. I've been taking Benadryl at bedtime, but seems I've been scratching in my sleep. Most of the Dermabond has come off of the umbilical incision and it appears to be slightly dehisced. I am going to my first post of appointment tomorrow, so hopefully they can do something. I do not want to deal with an infection. Topical Benedryl helps for a short while, but I'm miserable here!

1 hour ago, teddynola said:

Well, it seems I'm allergic to Dermabond, as well. The itching is driving me crazy. I've been taking Benadryl at bedtime, but seems I've been scratching in my sleep. Most of the Dermabond has come off of the umbilical incision and it appears to be slightly dehisced. I am going to my first post of appointment tomorrow, so hopefully they can do something. I do not want to deal with an infection. Topical Benedryl helps for a short while, but I'm miserable here!

I know this story too well. I had huge inflammations all around each incision and the itching was out of this world. I applied a lot of tea tree oil half of the day followed by aloe Vera gel and the other half of day I did hydrocortisone. For me the itching just started to reside and I’m 4 weeks out!!! I’m sympathizing with you and I’m not going to lie, the itching is crappy as hell.