I am 5 days post op doing pretty well. I woke up this morning and my incision on the side of my abdomen was itchy. When i pulled up the bandage back a little it was pink under the tape. Is this normal or should i call the doctor? I usually heal really well and dont think i've had an infection in a cut since childhood so i don't know what i'm looking at. Any thoughts??

I was banded on May 5th and all 5 of my incisions itch like crazy. I went to my post op on Thursday and the doctor said that it is good and it is a sign of healing. Mine also have a lot of redness around them. She said that everything looked great and I was healing really well.

Sounds like you guys are having a reaction to the adhesives on your bandages. It is something you will see mentioned on here from time to time. I had huge red welts where I had bandages. I just used benadryl cream (my docs wife recommended it) on them until the itching went away. I am just over 5 weeks post op and you can still see where I had the reactions, but they dont really itch anymore. So go to the drugstore and get some benadryl cream and it will help the itching go away in just a couple of days.

hi,

i am 5 week out also. i also have one incision that still itches like crazy, (especially at night). I do put benadryl cram on and it helps. doctor also told me that i was healing nice and had a reaction to the tape.

good luck...i think nothing to worry about.

I am 5 days post op doing pretty well. I woke up this morning and my incision on the side of my abdomen was itchy. When i pulled up the bandage back a little it was pink under the tape. Is this normal or should i call the doctor? I usually heal really well and dont think i've had an infection in a cut since childhood so i don't know what i'm looking at. Any thoughts??

You'll be okay - when you see a head poke out of the hole then I would start to worry - in the meantime, if its a little itchy, do little itchy scratches I guess. I smacked the crap out of myself and found it to stop the itchyness.... I kinda liked it come to think of it.... Hmmmm.....