Hi,

I know there is a sticky on this forum about scars, but I can't see them. Sooo ... I'd like to know how long it took before you could no longer see, or feel your scars? I'm six weeks post op, and can definitely feel them. There is one in particular on the left where there is still a little hardness--maybe it's a keloid? (Not sure if I spelled that right.)

I guess what I'm asking for is if people would be willing to share with me, verbally, your scar stages

Thank you.

Debbie.

Edited March 28, 200917 yr by serenity55

I have pictures on my blog. At 6 months, my scars are hardly noticeable, about half or 1/3 the size they used to be. I think they'll be totally gone by 1 year.

I found they got darker before they got lighter though. So don't freak out if that happens to you.

Thank you, MacMadam. I am black, and totally blind, so I won't freak out, and they're nice and smooth because I use cream on them. I just want them to be smaller than they are, or should I say, less feelable! :-)

Debbie

Hi, I am about 8 weeks from surgery. I have two scars. One is about an inch long and the other is less than a half inch. The larger of the two is on my right where the port is. They were dark purple and now they are light purple. I just noticed yesterday that they are definitely getting lighter. I can feel the scar tissue under my right scar, not so much on the left.

I know you can't see but I think at our stage in healing they feel worse than they look.

Oh, mine got smooth a while ago.

Thank you, that's good to know, because I don't like the way that one feels. It worried me a little.