How Big was your SCARS ???

Please Tell Me...Thanks for all your comments...

3 small scars.  

The one inside my belly button is shape like an H in a way.  But because it is inside the belly button you really won't be able to see it.

The one on my side is maybe an half an inch.

The top one just under my breast in the middle is not even a inch long.

I am 3 weeks post op as of today! 

Good luck on your research.

I have 5 scars, 2 of the cars are really small like a 1/2 inch, the port scare is bigger is like a 1-1/2 inch. I am 9 months out , they are not as easily seen but are still noticeable

I had my surgery 2 years ago. My port scar is the only one I can see, now... it's about an inch and a half. It's kind of pinkish now, where before it was bright purple. I didn't use anything special on it. The other incisions were so tiny, they've just disappeared.

Ihave 5. 4 are 1/2 inch. and the one where they put the band in is about 2".

I have five scars.  Four little ones and one large one.  The doc was nice enough to use an old hernia repair scar for the port.  I keloid (not unusual for African Americans and darker Europeans).  So all my scars are very noticeably raised and darker than normal.  No one ever sees them but me.  Everyone saw my big arse, so I can live with the scars. 

1 in my belly button, not visible, 4 that are 1/4 inch and lt. pink, fading rapidly, and 1 that is about 1 1/4 inches, and very light. I have normally super pale skin so any scars on me will be obvious for a long time but at just under 8 months out mine are visible, but not glaring. The biggest thing is the "dent" where my port is. My bikini days are long over anyway, but if I planned to wear one (think very unpleasant sight here) I would not let them keep me back. I have age spots worse than these, lol! Scarring is the least of your worries when you make the decision for wls.

My tummy is a roadmap!   I had open incision gallbladder surgery back in 1989, so I have a huge scar on the right side.  That incision was used to place my port during lapband surgery, but I also have 4 other smaller scars from the laparoscopic tools. They are fairly faded at this point, though. They're faint, but still visible. I am not running around in a bikini, anyhoo!

I also have a big ole hysterectomy scar, so I look like Frankenstein's monster in the abdominal area!

I had 5-incision surgery

4 of them were less than 1/2 inch in length --- the one for the port was about 2.5 inches long

At 1 year post op, it was hard to see them at all.

I had 5 incisions from my band surgery - 4 tiny ones and one bigger where my port was placed. Here is a photo of my abdomen at 11 months post-op:

There's a little reddish scar directly north of my navel that's from a mole removal, not my band surgery. The horizontal line on the right side of the photo is my port incision. This April I had my port repositioned (it had flipped). I don't have an additional scar from that, just a new scar that is gradually shrinking the way the original one did.

I also have scars from an abdominal hysterectomy (8" lateral incision) and a breast reduction (about 20" total lateral incisions plus the vertical scars and nipple scars) that have faded a great deal. I have a 2" scar from an inguinal hernia repair in my 20's. And small scars from skin biopsies, accidents, and other injuries. None of that bothers me. Wearing a bikini or posing in the nude for Playboy are not high-priority items for me. If my bariatric surgeon had to do my band placement in a open instead of a laparascopic procedure, those scars would be totally worth it. If I had to have a double mastectomy or a limb amputation to save my life, those scars would be worth it. I certainly wouldn't enjoy them, but I love life and I'd do just about anything to preserve it. The bariatric scars are in my skin, they don't go to my soul.

Jean