indentations at incisions sites (but not all incision sites) normal???
I had abdominal surgery before but i never recall this type of strange indentations that i have with this one.
I have 8 incisions.
the incision in the belly button and ea*****ision to the side of the belly button have like a permanent indentation. My belly looks as if i am wearing pants that are too tight and it is cutting into my belly across the belly button, but this is all occuring just because of the incisions.
I have noticed this improve some from a week ago (when i had surgery) and i am sure it is not going to be perm but i am just curious at this point why this is? Anyone know? I wouldnt be so intrigued if it was all the incisions, but it is just those three.
Also, 8 incisions, isnt this a lot?
I have 8 incisions.
the incision in the belly button and ea*****ision to the side of the belly button have like a permanent indentation. My belly looks as if i am wearing pants that are too tight and it is cutting into my belly across the belly button, but this is all occuring just because of the incisions.
I have noticed this improve some from a week ago (when i had surgery) and i am sure it is not going to be perm but i am just curious at this point why this is? Anyone know? I wouldnt be so intrigued if it was all the incisions, but it is just those three.
Also, 8 incisions, isnt this a lot?
I have two indentations. One is along the length of my scar down the center of my stomach. It actually INDENTS. I two distinct sides! And I have a small indentation where a JP drain was. I'm hoping that atsme point the scar tissue will relax and the indentation will subside, but I have doubts that will happen. My guess is that if I ever win the lottery I will have to have plastics to rectify it.
Maddie.
Maddie.
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on 7/20/11 8:38 pm
on 7/20/11 8:38 pm
Probably some minor adhesion. May or may not resolve itself. Normal. I have one scar that completely popped OUT and is raised and gnarly (I will be having scar revision when I have my plastics on this one), and two that indented. The rest are absolutely MIA and I couldn't tell you where the incision even was these days...
I had a really big indentation at one of my incisions. It was pretty painful and caused me to stay on pain medication for longer than expected. I couldn't even stand upright because it pulled too much when I did. The surgeon told me that he thought during the stitching up, some fat may have gotten tied in the stitches causing it to dent in. He said once the stitches started to dissolve, it would release the fat and all would go back to normal. A few weeks after that, it slowly started to release until at about week 4, it popped back out and felt 100% fine. Now you can't even tell it was ever there.
On July 21, 2011 at 7:45 AM Pacific Time, KellyJTn wrote:
I had a really big indentation at one of my incisions. It was pretty painful and caused me to stay on pain medication for longer than expected. I couldn't even stand upright because it pulled too much when I did. The surgeon told me that he thought during the stitching up, some fat may have gotten tied in the stitches causing it to dent in. He said once the stitches started to dissolve, it would release the fat and all would go back to normal. A few weeks after that, it slowly started to release until at about week 4, it popped back out and felt 100% fine. Now you can't even tell it was ever there.Thanks