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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!!!!!!!!

princess_n_thep

I had my surgery in Feb and my scars had raised up also. I started using something called 'Bio Oil' You apply it twice a day and it is to help scars and stretch marks. It is definately working in reducing the scars and I have put some on my stretch marks to see if they help their also.

I live in the Uk but would think it would be a world wide oil. I would definately give it a go.

:whoo:

Bun1, (not to steal the thread), but how did you qualify, even self pay to get the lapband with a 33 BMI? You look very small for lapband, what was your starting weight?

Looking good girl!

Bun1, (not to steal the thread), but how did you qualify, even self pay to get the lapband with a 33 BMI? You look very small for lapband, what was your starting weight?

Looking good girl!

Hi HarleyNana, i couldnt get banded in the UK with such a 'low' bmi but i am obese although not morbidly obese.

i inevitably get fatter each year and knew that it would take a few more miserable years to get near to 40 bmi and thus qualify for the surgery here in the UK. i was not prepared to wait for that to happen and found a surgeon abroad that was willing to band me now before i got mobidly obese and believe that's where i would have ended up eventually.

bun1, good for you for taking a proactive approach to your weight!

I wish I could have done this years ago.

Too bad the insurance companies don't and won't take the same approach. I too wish I would have been able to avoid all those ups and downs, mostly ups.

Bun1, I admire your perseverance to take control of your life.

Good luck with your band!

Here's my belly on the 10th of July, 19 days post-op as compared to I think three days post-op:

Thought maybe some of the newbie bandsters needed some encouragement. Here are my scars at 2 1/2 years post op. The only one even noticable is the port scar, all the others are pretty well blended and gone. I used Cocoa butter and pure Vit E oil on them for all of this time once the incisions could have them on. I used it every day for about a year and then once a week for a year, now it is about once every other month with just the cocoa butter.

Thanks very much for posting the pic!

Princess- YOU LOOK AWSOME!!!!!

I have all my pics up on Kodakgallery.com Is there any way to share the link?

8 days post-op. Im healing pretty nicely if I say so myself.

First pic is from August 06 (4months post op) and the second one is from August 07,its not really good pic,the scars are more visible,but are fading

Wow, you got a hot lookin body right there Eficka, looks like the band is doing some (some=a lot) magic.

Thank you TimS:-) I still got like 20kgs to lose though:-)

The first pic is three days post-op, and the second pic taken today, at nine days out. The gunky stuff around the scars making them look more red than they are is the surgical super-glue stuff. The top incision has lost its glue, but the others still have theirs. Getting better!