scars

Laura in Texas
on 7/13/15 4:46 pm

I cannot even see them anymore and just tried to find them but couldn't.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version

on 7/13/15 5:29 pm - OH

My RNY was open (and then I had two additional open surgeries along the same incision line), so my RNY incision is VERY noticeable, but I had my gallbladder removed laparoscopically, and like Laura, I just went to look for those scars  and the only one I could even find was one that the surgeon had to make 1.5 inches long to get through some mesh from my hernia repair.

Don't wast any energy worrying about a few tiny scars that are going to fade to almost nothingness. 

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

cspotrun
on 7/13/15 7:33 pm
RNY on 07/01/14

At 1 year out I can still see them, but they are light and don't bother me.  I'm not sure if they'll fade even more over time.

Karen   

    

Thomas H.
on 7/13/15 9:59 pm - Saint Petersburg, FL

Hate to be a sap and quote a song lyric. 'And my scars remind me that the past is real.' I'm even considering having that tattooed on me once I reach my goal weight. I earned these scars with a lot of pain and hard work, I will cherish them.

    

"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor." - Alexis Carrel

        
auntmimi
on 7/14/15 7:42 am

Scars are nothing....stretchmarks camouflage them quite well. 

 

    

    
Racewalker48
on 7/14/15 12:49 am, edited 7/14/15 12:50 am
RNY on 02/17/14

I am about 18 months out, and can see that my scars are fading slowly.  They are not as prominent as they used to be, but I can still see them.  So are my knee replacement scars.  In fact, I kinda look like Frankenstein, but that's fine with me!  I am healthier and can walk without pain.  

 

*edited for typos*

        

AmyDee123
on 7/14/15 9:08 pm - Lutz, FL
RNY on 06/12/15

If you are worried about scars you should check out having microdermabrasion done on them.   Any spa should have a person to do this.   A number of sessions should break down the scar and soften it, making it disappear from prominence. 

LapBand Weight 460 (2006) | Panni Removal Weight 200 (2008) | 3rd kid (2009)
Revision to RNY Weight 355 (June 2015)

    

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