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princess_n_thep:

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

why staple?

It depends on your surgeon (you can ask yours before the surgery). Ours glued our incisions & then used steri-strips. They're looking great!

I had staples - you can still see the little staple pin points around my scars.

Finally far enough out that they're looking better (i.e. the bruising is 99.9% gone):

Those are looking great Janet!!! Geez, you are really good at the whole computer picture thing! Labels and all!

Mikey's scars:

Heh, just PhotoShop... I'm a novice, so it takes me hours to do it, lol. :confused:

Hey I have 6 cuts, but I notice some people have 5, what is the difference, and is 6 normal?

I think 5 is "normal", but a lot have 6. It depends on where your organs are inside, I think. I know for Mikey, he said he needed the 6th cut to be sure & get the port in the correct place & in solidly. I think it makes him look more symmetrical, lol.

Ok, I'll start this... hopefully a helpful moderator will sticky it.

Janet's scars:

Edit: We took new pics.

Mikey's scars:

Edit: Adding 7 week pic.

Jenna's scars (with the hot undies!):

I found this in my file...it's at 7 weeks post-op. I'll try and get a 1 year post-op pic soon.

Allow me to add weight to your thread

Yours are so artistic! Nicely done!