My Doc said something about not submerging myself in hotwater post op. I was so tired and wacky that I don't remember the details. Anyone know how long it is until you can take a hot bath or something?

My doctor said not to soak in water until the stitches were healed, about two weeks or so. Showers were okay as long as I didn't let the waters stream onto the stitches for a long time.

I sat in a really clean bathtub with about 3 inches of water...not touching my scars after about a week. I just had to have a bath!

I waited almost three weeks.

My office said to wait a month. I took my last long soak Sunday.

OH my, I never considered the fact that I wouldn't be able to use my spa for a while! Not that I've used it at all in a month, but you know ... forbidden fruit and all. I better soak it up til surgery. LOL

As soon as the last of your scabs fall off and your incisions are healed, bathe away, is what I was told!

Didn't matter to me much, as I don't even have a bathtub at my house, only a shower stall. I hate baths, anyway.

Oh, I was also told that I only had to wait 2 days to shower, and the only restriction on that was not to scrub the incision areas, and don't get them too wet. Dry incisions heal fastest.

WOW for me I could shower the day after surgery. And soak in a tub a week after surgery. I only had the tape strips. No glue no stiches on the outside.