Guest guest Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 I'm about 2-3 years post from my lbl and still have an itchy scar! My surgeon told me that there was lots and lots of nerves that were cut and that the itching was the nerves regenerating and reattaching again. He said it could take up to a year for that to happen. I asked my WLS doc why it still itches now and he said that now it's just the nerves misfiring. Whatever was going to reattach would have by now. Cocoa butter (scargo- my fave) vit E oil, emu oil and whatever else you put on your scar seems to me (IMHO) to help simply because you are massaging your scar. But that's what I think. Some days I'm good and others days I'm better. Then there's the days we don't speak of in our house ) Sue Open RNY 10/26/98 From 500 lbs to 152 Dr Barry L Fisher Pease visit my site: www.mygastricbypass.com I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. New Belly Flakiness I have been meaning to ask about this: since my Belt Lip in Sept my new belly has been very itchy (which I assume has something to do with nerve regeneration too?) and it has gotten flakey and dry. So lately I've been schmearing some cocoa butter on it and that seems to help. Have others experienced this new belly skin flakiness too? Lucille In a message dated 12/1/2003 9:39:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, Graduate-OSSG writes: > Dr. Egrari has worked with > many WLS post-ops and is the preeminent bariatric reconstructive surgeon > in the Seattle area. He is very concerned about the quality of our skin, > and says we need to be extra careful with it for the rest of our lives, > since it's already been stressed and damaged by being stretched so much > when we were big, and since many of us have enough fat malabsorption to > have problems adequately protecting our skin from the inside. > > Z > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 My TT was on 10/27/03 so I don't think I am as far out as you are. Mine is still just mostly tingly. No real skin problems or issues to talk about. > I have been meaning to ask about this: since my Belt Lip in Sept my new > belly has been very itchy (which I assume has something to do with nerve > regeneration too?) and it has gotten flakey and dry. So lately I've been schmearing > some cocoa butter on it and that seems to help. Have others experienced this > new belly skin flakiness too? > > Lucille > > > > In a message dated 12/1/2003 9:39:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, > Graduate-OSSG writes: > > > > Dr. Egrari has worked with > > many WLS post-ops and is the preeminent bariatric reconstructive surgeon > > in the Seattle area. He is very concerned about the quality of our skin, > > and says we need to be extra careful with it for the rest of our lives, > > since it's already been stressed and damaged by being stretched so much > > when we were big, and since many of us have enough fat malabsorption to > > have problems adequately protecting our skin from the inside. > > > > Z > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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