When did you take off your steri strips or bandages?

I am talking about the ones covering the insicions

Most posts I read said things like "wait till they fall off"
Mine were half on and half off and getting caught on my shirts.
My doctors office said I could take them off in the shower.
I did this morning verrrrry slowly...

when did you remove yours?

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Banded 3/12/08 Houston
starting 195 surgery 185 (9.75 cc band)
Fill #1 4/15- 2.5,Fill #2 6/24- 3.0
Fill #3 9/2- 3.5,Fill #4 10/28-4.0
Fill #5 1/6/09- 4.5
Unfill 3/30/09 -.2 Refill 4/15 to 4.2
Unfill 5/14/09 -1cc , 3.2 and 155 lbs.
8/5/09 gained to 170 and starving!
Fill 8/11 now 3.8 and back to 167
Unfill .5 down to 3.3 at 164

You're supposed to wait until they fall off. With my band surgery they never did and had to be pulled off when I had my staples removed. With my last surgery, I started taking them off myself around day 4 or 5. They were on loose and not really holding anything anyway, and several of them were half off, and I couldn't stand the itching. So off came the steristrips, and I went with bandaids, gauze and neosporin for a few days.

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-175 pounds
Banded March 1, 2006

I have'nt taken mine off yet. I just had surgery Tuesday. I'm going for my first fill on the 9th. Should i take them off before then?.

Day 3.

I was itching so bad and couldn't help but scratch. After removing them, the itching went away.

My largest incision opened...yuck. Went to the drugstore for the steristrips/butterfly... I started itching again...it was the adhesive.

So I just bandaided it.

It's fine ... been almost a year.

Bandages over steri strips came off 3 days after surgery. The strips started peeling off after 4-5 days and finally just pulled them off after about 10 days - they weren't doing much by then anyway...

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Banded Feb 13, 2008-Dr. Bessler, Columbia Hosp NYC
Starting BMI: 41.4 - 338lbs - 6'4"
Current Weight: 242
Goal Weight: 238, then re-evaluate

Believe mine came off around day 7 in the shower. Dr said if they're still on by day 10, I could remove....

Sounds like my situation was the same as yours. Mine came off in the shower very slowly when the initially partialy came off by themselves.

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Julie
banded 6/6/06
Dr. McKeen, San Jose CA

320/213/goal 199. Almost there!

I didn't have any strips. They glued me closed.

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Jeannie
banded 2/19/08 Dr Francis OCMH
start weight 250/233/goal 160

I had glue and steri strips. I took off the strips ten days after and the glue is still working it's way off my skin.

took mine off at around day 4 except for the port one which i took off at about day 7.

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My steri-stripes from my port replacemnt just came off. Now I have a small area on one side opening. I had it covered with sterile gauze and a bandaid butterfly closure.......but at the doctor today, he took them off and told me to leave it open to air. It is oozing and gross, I can hardly stand to leave it uncovered. He didn't really even look and see that it is opening, I just told him. He seemed to think it would heal if I left it opened to air. Anyone else have this problem?
Crystal

I had that problem with my belly button incision when I had my gallbladder out. Believe me it will heal when left out to the air. u just might have more of a scar there when it does heal. Just keep an eye on it for infection. I hope when I have my surgery done mine heal ok.

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Tracy
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Proud member of the April Avengers!!4-7-08

By day 10 mine were off.

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Jennifer in S.A. TX
Banded 3/3/08
Thank you Dr. Cavazos !!

:confused2:I had my band placed on Thurs the 5th. My small incisions are covered with small round bandaids, (they used glue) and my port incesion is covered with a large water tight bandage that has this gauze stuff in the middle..but I have had a little drainage because I can see it on the bandaid --little blood and some small discoloration where you can tell liquid has come out.....and I am thinking it needs to come off so it doesn't get infected...but when I tried to take it off today...HOLY cow it was hurting and sticking...so I chose to leave it alone until I posted to see if anyone had any advice. I just peeked at it and it's open...NASTY but no redness, no oozing now, it doesn't smell, not hot, no pain...just looks gross. Also on my papers it said not to use neosporin for possible allergic reactions? Has anyone else heard about this?

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BANDED 6/5/08
Dr. Jose Rodriguez-Juarez MX
2cc fill-Dr. Richard Carter 11-06-08

I don't know about neosporin, but i would definitely not leave your wound untreated. That is pretty dangerous. At least put some anti bacterial/septic that you know you are not allergic to. take bandage off. clean AROUND the wound with iodine and put a light layer of anti-bacterial/septic on and in it. Cover it up with a clean large band aid. Contact doctor if it gets worse. Keep us posted !

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Banded: May 27th 2008