I have staples closing my incisions. Seems like this is abnormal for bandsters. Anyone know why they use one method over another?

I got steri-strips. But then I was leaving Mx with no plans to return anytime soon so no stitches or staples for me to remove or have removed.

I got staples after my C-section? I don't know. I wonder what docs are thinking when they choose?

I don't know the answer to your question.

I had internal stitches and glue. Perhaps it's an individual doctor's preference?

internal stitches, external glue

I had the stitches that dissolve on their own. Probably just a surgeon preference?

Internal stiches and steri strips on the outside...seems to have worked just fine (I must have sticky skin because after 3 weeks I had to remove my steri strips as not one of them budged on their own). I did have staples with both of my C-sections and they were a breese to have removed (they made me feel a little more held together also).

Good luck,

external glue, don't know if there is any internal anything.

Dissolving stitches

I had staples and stiches.

No banded yet...but I had staples with both my C-sections also...gives you a bit of a fright if you hear it...just like the staple gun your hubby might have in the shed lol

i guess i had the internal stitches, with the steri strips on the outside. (to be honest i never really asked, and i just had the stirps on the outside.. haha

I had internal disolving stitches and external glue. I don't think I could do staples ...well the actual removal of the staples YIKES!

I guess I'll get my staples out today. I asked my DH how they do it (like he would know?!?!) and he said with a staple remover like I had at the office that pops em out. Of course I was so tired I beleived this and started to freak out!!! What a mean hubby I have!

The closure, whether absorbable suture, glue, or staples is the surgeon's preference.

Surgical staples are removed with a small staple removal tool that most patients don't feel at all. Some say it is like a mosquito bite.

The benefit of staples is that they are more reliable since they don't fall out or get pulled out, and they quicker for the surgeon. The disadvantages of staples are that they must be removed in the office, and can leave a couple of small pinpoint scars where the staple enters the skin on each side of the wound.

Internal disolving stitches and external glue.....in my opinion, that's the way to go!

I had glue. Itchy, itchy, itchy and it stuck to my clothes, but I think the scars look better with the glue!