Question:
How many incisions are there and where for a Lap and Open?

   — Rachel D. (posted on April 3, 2001)

April 3, 2001
Hi Rachel...I'm 11 weeks postop LAP RNY(51lbs down)I have 5 little scratchs about a 1/4 inch each in the shape of a small dinner plate.
   — Debora H.

April 3, 2001
Following my lap RNY, I had six 1/2" incisions scattered across my upper abdomen. One year later, I can only locate 3 of those sites...faint lavendar lines, and the others have disappeared.
   — Diana T.

April 3, 2001
i have 7 sights on my stomach. One takes only one staple, some three, and the big ones have about 7 staples.
   — Barbara Ann T.

April 3, 2001
I had an open VBG. My scar is from the top of my ribcage to about the middle of my belly button. Approx 12" long. But I don't regret 1" of it.
   — Rose D.

April 3, 2001
I had a lap RNY last July. I have 6 small scars ranging from 1/4" to 3/4" long. They are arranged in an rough oval over my upper abdomen. The highest is center front, just below my bra and the lowest is about three inches above my naval. At eight months out only two are really noticable. A good friend had his surgery recently and showed me his scars. His surgery started lap and his lap incisions are similarly placed to mine. But his surgeon had to finish the operation as an "open", so in the middle of circle of lap scars he as a scar about 6 inches long. My sister's open rny scar runs from just below her breasts to just above her belly button and it ranges from a pencil line, to about a half wide. But she had complications about a week after she went home and was opened up a second time. She also has a scar from the feeding tube she had to use for the first few weeks. It's slightly larger than a quarter, located on the lower half of her stomach, off to one side. Three different people, three different results. As far as scars anyways, the one result we share is that we would all do it again in a heart beat.
   — Sharyle L.

April 4, 2001
Hi~ ~ I'm 2 weeks post-op open rny. I have an 8 in incision but no stitches or staples. I'm closed up with glue & surgical tape.
   — socco58