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Malcy    132

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Hi everyone. I am about 2 weeks post op and my incisions are just about healed. My incisions are small but visible and I am thinking about treating the scars. Has anyone found anything that they like or that works really well?

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Not using anything specifically for scar treatment but I did put neosporin on my scars two days last week to see if it would help them heal. Mine scabbed like normal but then the scabs came off one by one either because of Water from the shower or when I dried myself afterwords. They have shrunk but not completely healed yet. Glue has also come off so they are now open on the surface and I can feel and see the stitches on two of them.

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And before l9ng they will become small white scars, battle ribbons of what you have been through!😛👍

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Malcy    132

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Not using anything specifically for scar treatment but I did put neosporin on my scars two days last week to see if it would help them heal. Mine scabbed like normal but then the scabs came off one by one either because of Water from the shower or when I dried myself afterwords. They have shrunk but not completely healed yet. Glue has also come off so they are now open on the surface and I can feel and see the stitches on two of them.
How do your scars look now?

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Malcy    132

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And before l9ng they will become small white scars, battle ribbons of what you have been through![emoji14][emoji106]
That's a great way to look at it. Maybe I'll just let nature take its course and see what happens.

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On ‎08‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 5:18 PM, Malcy said:

Hi everyone. I am about 2 weeks post op and my incisions are just about healed. My incisions are small but visible and I am thinking about treating the scars. Has anyone found anything that they like or that works really well?

Bio Oil was recommended to me for skin firming, and it also has scar removing components to it. I highly recommend it. It has 100% changed my skin in a positive way. And its cheap as well, its not like the other products on the market that cost a lot to try.

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Malcy    132

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Bio Oil was recommended to me for skin firming, and it also has scar removing components to it. I highly recommend it. It has 100% changed my skin in a positive way. And its cheap as well, its not like the other products on the market that cost a lot to try.
Thank you for the suggestion. I have seen some commercials for Bio Oil so I have heard of it before. I'll look for some.

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J San    1,072

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45 minutes ago, Malcy said:
On 8/17/2018 at 8:51 PM, J San said:
Not using anything specifically for scar treatment but I did put neosporin on my scars two days last week to see if it would help them heal. Mine scabbed like normal but then the scabs came off one by one either because of Water from the shower or when I dried myself afterwords. They have shrunk but not completely healed yet. Glue has also come off so they are now open on the surface and I can feel and see the stitches on two of them.

How do your scars look now?

There is a divot where the scabs once were on three of them and new scabs have formed below the surface of the skin. The biggest one is almost completely healed.

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I was told to use cocoa butter on them multiple times a day once the scabs were fully formed. All but my largest scar are thin and light pink (3.5 months later). My largest scar is still red/pink. They will continue to fade across the year.

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Frustr8    7,886

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I wonder if A&D ointment would do good since I am your resident allergic-to- chocolate person?

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Silicone tape, gel, sheets, are what cosmetic surgeon universally recommended.

It has been clinically proven to be effective

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4486716/

I used silicone tape soon after I was healed over and kept the tape on consistently for about 3 months. They are now tiny white lines surrounded by a faint pink area. I don't think most people would notice unless I pointed them out.

This is what I used:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VE9AL8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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On 8/30/2018 at 9:17 PM, kaleeshab said:

So you just put the tape over the scars with no cream?

Yep, I just cut a little piece off and stuck it right over my scar. The tape stays well. I usually changed my tape once per week.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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