sooo :thumbup: anyone want to show them to me? LOL. i can't find them on google. haha. :thumbup:

this may sound weird. buttttttt...... lol. i am obsessed with butterflies and i feel like i have been in a cocoon all my life, so, once i get cut, and have scars, i think i want to turn them into butterflies LOL. :thumbup: (tattoos)

i've never had surgery or tattoos before..BUT..? :thumbup: who knows. haha :thumbup:

Welcome to LBT KristyLynn

There is a thread for scar stages right here on LBT. Heres the link:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/scar-stages-share-yours-6117/index32.html

Best of luck with the surgery and the tattoos.

Elsie

Well, I took pics of my scars, but I'm not interested in sharing :-) My stomach was too swollen and it is not flattering!

They are tiny red slashes, the biggest one being about 3.5 inches and the other 3 being about .5 inches.

I put Mederma and Vitamin E oil on mine and they seem to be fading into nothing just 7 weeks post op.

I don't think a tattoo should be used to "cover them up," when, if treated properly, there's nothing to cover up.

Edited May 17, 200818 yr by cb11213
Fixing my grammar

Also if you are serious about tattooing your scars, if ANY artist tells you they will do it less then 9 months out is not one you want to touch you with the tattoo machine.

wow thanks for all the info! . i am kinda a chicken so i don't know when or if i'd want the tattoos, but, it sounded like a fun idea. LOL. i read that it's really hard to tattoo scar tissue, so i thought of going around it, and making that the body of the butterfly. but when i see those pics...they are horizontal, not vertical. LOL. scheisse. so, there will be much more thinking. haahahah. <3 thanks for the info again. :woot: