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Hey all. Pics look great!

I was just banded Monday afternoon and was told to take off the bandages in 48 hours and let the steristrips just fall off on their own. I was just wondering...do you cover the steristrips with bandaids or gauze bandages before leaving for work. I guess I'm just afraid that the strips will come off before they are meant to. Thanks :P Virginia

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Okay, I'm going to leave my steri-strips alone. I have trimmed the edges, they bug me when they rub/pull on my shirt.

I see the surgeon on Tues. for 1st follow-up. Maybe he'll take 'em off.

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I use maderma on my scars. They aren't old enough to know whether it's making a difference or not. It seems like OK stuff, but sometimes it makes me itch so bad I could scream.

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I just started using the generic Target version of it. I can't really tell anything yet of course but we shall see.

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One of my steri-strips came off and there is a single stitch sticking out. It doesn't hurt or bother me or anything. Should I try and pull it out myself or have my doc do it when I see him on Thursday for my post-op appt?

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Has anyone ever used that stuff called Maderma for scars???

berry, I use Vitamin e stick. It looks like makeup conceler but bout it works awesome.. I use it 2-3 times a day. I was banded 3-21-07 Good luck!!

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i do not have immediate post op pics of my scars, but here i am almost 6 months out.

i had my gall bladder out about 20 years ago so that is the 'zipper scar'. there are more scars than normal because i had some problems with scar tissue.

here's my big (but shrinking) belly

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I didn't bruise at all, and I bruise fairly easy.

The scars don't seem too bad, the badly bruised pictures kind of scared me.. but I hardly EVER bruise as it is, I can take quite a beating before I get a bruise. LOL

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One of my steri-strips came off and there is a single stitch sticking out. It doesn't hurt or bother me or anything. Should I try and pull it out myself or have my doc do it when I see him on Thursday for my post-op appt?

I had that happen to me, but I was afraid to pull. I took cuticle clippers and cut the end off and had no further problems and couldn't feel it after that.

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Oh that happened to me as well the stitches were pokin through my tshirt :-) but I was too afraid to do anything about it.I think its better to wait for your doc to do it!:-)

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OMG!! You look amazing! Does it really come off that fast?? I can't wait to go shopping and pick something off a rack and be able to try it on!

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My scars are tiny, except for one that is about an inch long where the band actually went in. They're about all pink already, and I am two weeks out from surgery.

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So the previous page showed my scars up to 9 days after my surgery. It was looking good until I had to go to the ER for a perforated colon. I had an emergency right hemicolectomy (removed part of my colon) and appendectomy (removed my appendix). I have an approximately 16" scar from an open abdominal surgery they performed. Thought you guys would like to see how that is coming. I posted the topic all about my surgery here: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/survived-emergency-hemicolectomy-t32434.html?t=32434&highlight=hemicolectomy

By the way, I'm down 50 lbs. since January. I was banded March 5th and went through this surgery on March 21st.

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