OMG!!!!!! I have itched my stomach in places that has made me raw. I was banded on May 12th and my steri strips have not fallen off yet. Has anyone else had a lot of itching on their stomach? If so, what can you do.

Thanks,

I could of written this post. It is midnight here and I am up because I am itching so bad. I also was banded on the 12th. I hope someone here can help us!!!!

I actually got a rash from the plastic tape square things that were put over the steri-strips. When I called my surgeon, he told me to go ahead and take them off, including the steri-strips. It was less than a week post op. You might ask your surgeon if you can do the same thing, especially since you're more than a week out. Sorry about that, good luck.

Ditto for me!! It is the adhesive from the bigger bandages over the steri-strips. I called my doctor and he said to have the 4 laprascopic area steri's stay on for a week and the longer one to keep on as long as possible. I used baby oil on a cotton ball to get all excess adhesive off. Good luck!!

This happened to me after my surgery. I had stitches but the doctor put tape over them so the knots wouldn't catch on my clothes and pull. Well, I guess I was allergic to the tape and it made huge welts over the incisions and they itched like crazy. The ONLY thing I found to help stop the itch was Bandaide brand anti itch gel. It is for insect bites I think but it has menthol in it and it was the only thing that kept me from scratching. Not even benedryl cream worked.

I was having an allergic reaction to the tape too. I have a prescription steroid cream called clobetsazol that helped the rash heal quickly. I tend to get rashes that heal slowly, so I use that cream a lot, mostly on my fingers where I get cracks and blisters for some reason. That cream helps a lot.

Me Too! Had Same Reaction. When The Doc Took Off The Strips I Put Some Antibio Cream On It!

Thanks for all the replies, I have taken the steri strips off and it is starting to feel better. I have a lot of little red bumps ll over the place, but the itching has really eased up a lot.

Thanks again,

Me too! My skin under the steri-strips burned and the strips stared to lift...good thing they did because I found 2 huge Water blisters under there and a big rash!

My surgeon told me to take the strips off and cover any questionable areas with a bandaid.

Just banded on May 19th :biggrin: and of course this was not a problem I thought I would have and now I am all worried!

I just got on here to see if anyone else was having the same thing because I cant get a hold of my Doc and I don't think my stitches are infected...look more like allergic reactions and itch like crazy! Red all around the stitched areas. I took off all the tape and put on steri-strips but now I'm going to take that off too even though I was only 'Sleved' on the 20th...I can't stand the reaction and I'm going crazy! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one. Strange because my port area is the worst.....? Blistered the worst and that had no tape?

Try not to pull on the steristrips bc trust me from first hand experience mine were itching so bad post op I pulled one or two off...it also blistered and pulled off my skin.

dont be surprised if youre scars itch later as well.