incision questions

[happygirl02]

hiya! i'm on day 5 and i'm just curious about my incisions. they seem to alternate between itching and burning slightly and the yellow from the iodine is finally faded away. it seems like the glue is very thin now and i'm expecting it to start peeling off any day now from the looks of it. when does this usually start to happen? at what point it is okay for the glue to be gone and my incisions to be exposed? any good tips on how to minimize the scars? i'm thinking that once the glue is faded off i'll start applying polysporin to reduce the scarring. any better ideas? should this glue be lasting longer?

thanks!

[Bobbi]

Can't really answer your question, you body will do it for you. It took almost 2 weeks for th iodine to disappear for me and anothe 3 for the glue to wear off. But that was just me, everyone is different.

[Kittycat]

When the glue wears off and your incisions are clean, polysporin is a good idea, Vit E oil or Bio Oil is great too to minimize the scars and promote healing.

[GirlBarb]

The glue should stay on for about 10 days, the longer the better for you scar. That is what the OCC told me, mine stayed on for about 12-13 days.

[Dontondan]

My glue started coming off at about 10 days. You can use any variety of scar creams and it will minimize the scars that you have. I used the stuff from the OCC, but have heard that Moderma works well.