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THESE PICTURES ARE 12 DAYS POST OP!

Both pictures show the very minmal scars/incisions. The bruising I had was very minimal. The brown/yellow rings you see around the actual incisions is NOT bruising but is the leftover "superglue" still. I take a shower EVERY day and wash them but they are slow to come off. From what I gather, they "glue" the incisions, let that dry, then put a "coating of glue" over and around the incisions again. The scab had just fallen off on the top incision so it is a little pink, my bra had scuffed it off. The only real bruising i got was the one top of the belly button. The one that was the most sore was the longer port incision.

I am VERY happy with the size of them and the expertise in the cut! I know that I am a fast healer but I expect that I would be hard pressed to find the smaller ones in 6 months. I will just keep posting updates on this thread as I go along. I plan to take another picture at 6-8 weeks post op, another at 6 mo, then another at a year.

ENJOY MY BELLY!!!!!!!!

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I'm pretty sure she meant vitamin E oils!

BTW, just a word of caution before ya start putting vitamin E oil on your skin....it can cause a wicked allergic reaction in a number of people; so be sure to check a small area first!!! I know this from experience....I can't use vit. E on my skin at all.

Yes, I mean vitamin E oils.

I had one of the best plastic surgeons in the world and you can ask Amy, she couldn't even tell I had been burned. They do awesome wonders. I mean after skin grafts and neck surgery, foot surgery and now my scars from this surgery already look fabulous. I use the oil, my surgeon, (burn) said it's the best, but you can buy it in lotion form, butter form and capsules and probably other ways too.

Does it work on scars that are not new and fresh? Also, does it help reduce keloids?

Thanks.

yes it dose i put it on one of my old scars on my arm and it has reduced the scar alot.

Awesome, I think I am going to head out to the drugstore today then. My scars from my band don't bother me too much, but I have some really bad ones on my breasts from when I had reduction surgery about a million years ago. I have always hated them. It is definitely worth a shot and I have nothing to lose but the ugly scars.

You can purchase Vitamin E oil in a small bottle at Walmart for about $4. Just bought some today. It is located where all of the over-the-counter vitamins are displayed. Just wanted to share...

Thanks Kim, I have a Walmart close to work, so will run by there on my lunch hour tomorrow.

One of my incisions is infected. I have been trying to put peroxide on it and then triple antibiotic ointment and a bandaid. Do you thing this is wrong?

Honestly, I wouldn't be trying to cure an infection at home by myself. If I were you, I would contact my doctor immediately.

i would contune to put triple antibiotic ointment and a bandaid on it the peroxide i'd stop for a little bit, also dont keep the bandaid on it all day, let the cut dry out, infection like wet dark places, so maybe in the morning or b4 you go to bed take the bandaid off clean the cut with soap and water, dry it with a towel and let it dry out for maybe an hour or 2.

yeah I've been wearing a bandaid to bed at night but during the day it's open to dry. It's not a horrible infection but it does have some puss coming out of it and it's not a sealed together incision like my other 4. The lapband center said to keep putting the ointment on and see how it does.

2 pics of me and my scars ill get better 1 tommorow you kinda can see my insulin pump on the lower right side looks like a circle

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[ATTACH]6060[/ATTACH]2 pics of me and my scars ill get better 1 tommorow you kinda can see my insulin pump on the lower right side looks like a circle

Obviously the bandages are still on. I took this myself, and I had the hardest time holding up my shirt and aiming the camera. It didn't occur to me to take off the shirt. The largest bandage is my port. It had stopped bleeding by then but I was too chicken to take off the bandage.

There is also some blue ink in a couple of places. I think the doc must've gotten bored and decided to draw on me. :cool:

(I hope the pics. aren't incredibly giant sized)

I disobeyed my doctor a little bit. I was told to leave the steri-strips on until they fell off. I just couldn't stand it anymore and I pulled them off a few days ago. I've mostly managed to get all the adhesive residue off now. The mark that I've circled in green isn't a surgery scar. That was me, trying to hard to get the adhesive off. I've been putting a little polysporin on my scars at night. The worst scar is actually the one to the left of the port. It is the tiniest bit red and raised. Sorry for the quality of the pictures. I have a problem with blurriness.