Post RNY and the healing process...

Just throwing this one out there.  RNY people who get surgery of any type...are they more prone to a slower healing process.  We know there is a lack of absorption going on post WLS.  Even if we take all our vitamins, there still may be issues (in the healing process) we have to face, that others who have not chosen WLS might face.  I know for myself that after about 6 months, I've noticed I would scratch myself real easily.  I don't think it is from getting older.  I think my skin may be missing some things that may not show up on the labs (and yes I have had my vitamin D checked).  So just putting this one out there...whether it be a scratch on the hand, plastic surgery, or other types of issues.  Is the healing process slower for us??  Brian

I have noticed that I heal a little slower now, I cut my fingers constantly and I notice that some of them seem to take a long time to heal (although others seem to heal overnight, so maybe I'm just crazy???) LOL. My labs come back fine as well, I just wrote it off as a wacky side effect and figured I wouldn't sweat it unless something really off the wall happened.

Honestly?

I think I heal much better now and it's because I eat healthier and take vitamins and my over all healthy is much better.

Even one more comment. When I get sick, like with the flu or cold, I get over it much faster too and I also attribute that to being much healthier.

As much as I might not like it,  skin thing IS probably aging. There have been changes in my skin and a lot of other things recently, and when I did talk to my Doctor about it...he attributed to aging, changes in hormones.

Best wishes.

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I cross posted this on the Main Board.  Below is what someone said...thought she was correct.  Brian

Hi, Brian --

I have now consulted several plastic surgeons, and read a few books about post-bari PS, and watched a bazillion videos.

What comes up frequently is, that post-MO skin has "issues" of various kinds.  It stretches differently, and is more prone to poor circulation than skin that was never traumatized by obesity.  It heals differently, and the better PSs have nutritionists on their staff to address these issues pre-operatively, if at all possible.

So two things impact post-op skin:  1)  Having been stretched on an obese body for years, making it more fragile; and 2)  nutritional deficiencies.