How long until your incisions became less noticeable or unnoticeable?

(deactivated member)
on 4/27/17 3:02 pm
VSG on 03/28/17

How long until your incisions became less noticeable or unnoticeable?

CC C.
on 4/27/17 3:06 pm

I'm at 9 weeks and can hardly see mine. The 4 small ones are about 1/4" and the "big" one is less than an inch. The skin is slightly darker around them, like a fading bruise almost, but without that I would have to look pretty hard to locate the smallest ones.

Gwen M.
on 4/27/17 3:12 pm
VSG on 03/13/14

For me it was one of those things that happened when I wasn't paying attention. They weren't super visible to begin with and now no one would know they were there unless I pointed them out - and I'd have a hard time finding them to be able to point them out!

But soon I'll have HUGE incisions and scars. :D

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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Grim_Traveller
on 4/27/17 4:31 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

I can't remember, it's been so long. But by the time I was done losing, you couldn't find mine with a magnifying glass.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Highfunctioningfatman
on 4/27/17 5:46 pm
VSG on 08/29/16

I had mine in the end of August and they are still visible.

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 4/28/17 3:17 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

Not noticeable at one year, but I'm not sure how long it took to get to that point. You could still see red lines at 6 months.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-123 CW: 120 (after losing 20 lb. regain)!

Luvmygs
on 4/28/17 10:10 am
VSG on 12/04/14

My incisions became less noticeable around 8 weeks. But, after TT they are totally gone!

 
  

    

Donna L.
on 4/28/17 2:33 pm - Chicago, IL
Revision on 02/19/18

My lap port incisions are noticeable still. Darker, but smaller. I also have a 3-4" incision where the stomach was removed (I was 440 during surgery so had a larger incision for that). This has remained a dark line. They've faded over the past nearly two years, but I can still see them.

I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

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