Incision

Here is my incision at week 2 before the steri-strips were removed (picture on the right). The strips were put on to get the final closure of the incision over the subcutaneous stitches that will eventually dissolve. Two weeks after surgery I was able to start taking showers and some of the strips started to loosen. After a week of showering only one strip had come off so my husband and I started to remove them a few at a time. Eventually we found that the best method was soaking a few strips in vegetable oil and then removing the strips by holding the skin tight with a Q-tip and gently pulling off the strip while adding some more oil as it was removed.

The incision after all of the strips have been removed at about week 3 after the surgery is pictured on the right.