Crohn's Disease surgery scars
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thats what i have after surgery but also have the biggy right down from belly button to top of pubic hair line.luckily im rather hairy so not to visible,they had planned the keyhole surgery but when they went in there was to much to do so they had to open me up.no biggy as it got out what was needed but the joys of chrohns is it came back so surgery no2 is on the cards and might end up with another big scar but thats just what you have to accept im affraid....
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This is what I had done on my first resection. Laproscopic is a small incision and mine was off to the right side. Not very big about 1inch or so. The belly ones that are about 5 to 10 inches is usually an open surgery cut. I have that too from my second resection...botched as it was. Therefore I am assuming you are having a resection and must have a good surgeon. Don't question it, it is very normal for laproscopic surgery. :ycool:
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They fade pretty well, depending on each of us is different. Some people swear by using bio-oil to reduce the scars ... They are usually covered even if you where low rise underwear lol. But then again, ask your surgeon, if you are worried about the scars, tell him to be neat and tidy lol. You still will have some scar but keeping fit should help.
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When I had my first small bowel resection, I was 8 years old. The scar is over to the right side of my gut, right about where my jeans sit - lower, not 'mom jeans' and horizontal. A good two inches below my belly button, but to the side and is almost all the way over to my side, about 8 inches
When I was 16 I had my second SBR. This time my surgeon (different one from my first SBR) cut from below my belly button down to my hairline.
My SBR when I was 21 started a bit above my belly button, went around and down, over the previous incision. The next year I had another SBR (actually, it was almost a year later to the day), that one went a little further further up (22 staples). When I was 25, the incision was even a little higher (27 staples).
At 29 my gallbladder came out. Because I have so much scar tissue in there he couldn't go in there with scopes. He opened me up the hard way. This time it was horizontal, about an inch above my belly button, parallel to my first incision, this time only about 5 inches long.
Most of my horizontal scars are fairly faded. My lower one is almost 30 years old, but the upper one doesn't look much worse. It's the vertical scar that is very obvious. The lower part has been gone over 4 times and I once burnt it (big icky blister) with a heating pad.
It's not my favorite part of my body, but it is what it is and it's a battle wound that I earned through a lot of $$$ and pain. When I was 16 I hid my scars, mortified that anyone would see them. But in recent (and skinnier) years, I had no trouble wearing tops that flashed a bit of belly skin. I never have and never will have a flat stomach, but I have learned that my scars are me, show where I've been, what I've pushed through and made me tougher. They suck, but there's not much I can do about them, so I embrace them. It's also fun to screw with people (especially new doctors and nurses) by flashing my scars. They usually stop in shock.
When I was 16 I had my second SBR. This time my surgeon (different one from my first SBR) cut from below my belly button down to my hairline.
My SBR when I was 21 started a bit above my belly button, went around and down, over the previous incision. The next year I had another SBR (actually, it was almost a year later to the day), that one went a little further further up (22 staples). When I was 25, the incision was even a little higher (27 staples).
At 29 my gallbladder came out. Because I have so much scar tissue in there he couldn't go in there with scopes. He opened me up the hard way. This time it was horizontal, about an inch above my belly button, parallel to my first incision, this time only about 5 inches long.
Most of my horizontal scars are fairly faded. My lower one is almost 30 years old, but the upper one doesn't look much worse. It's the vertical scar that is very obvious. The lower part has been gone over 4 times and I once burnt it (big icky blister) with a heating pad.
It's not my favorite part of my body, but it is what it is and it's a battle wound that I earned through a lot of $$$ and pain. When I was 16 I hid my scars, mortified that anyone would see them. But in recent (and skinnier) years, I had no trouble wearing tops that flashed a bit of belly skin. I never have and never will have a flat stomach, but I have learned that my scars are me, show where I've been, what I've pushed through and made me tougher. They suck, but there's not much I can do about them, so I embrace them. It's also fun to screw with people (especially new doctors and nurses) by flashing my scars. They usually stop in shock.
