Need Advice on Scar Care

You can expect to be sore for several months. I am two months after my c-section and I am still a little sore there (not bad) this is my 3rd and I dso not remember how long I was sore after each one. as far as how to minimize sensitivity I have never heard of anything sorry

Vitamin E oil is excellent for scars. they use it on burn victims. You can stick a pin in the capsuls or buy a jar of oil at places like GNC, Vitamin shoppe, probably walgreens, (etc). When i was pregnant I used a lotion with vitamin E in it, and never got a single stretch mark. Good luck!

This will be difficult in the beginning, but try gently massaging the scar. This will not only help to break down the scar tissue but will also help desensitize the area.

I've had 2 c-sections and this helped tremendously.

You have some great advice here but I wanted to add my favorite advice to anyone who endures abdominal surgery (including my son's hernia operation).... throw pillows!

Carry a throw pillow with you everywhere. Put it under your seat belt, against the counter where you lean, hold it across your belly when you have to cough or sneeze or laugh... it will be your best friend until the sensitivity goes away.

Is it still open? Or has it already closed up?

Don't have any advice on scar care--but I wanted to let you know that it will take about a month before you are "back to normal." I've had two c-sections and a couple of other surgeries, and that is always the time frame.

In the meantime, you could try tying an extra dish towel over the spot that is sensitive while you are at the kitchen counter. It will pad any "impact" you might have. Otherwise, just "hand in there". This, too, will pass.

I was told to alternate tylenol and asprin every 2 hours for my scar. I only did this when it was really getting to me, of course, because I think if more than 3 consecutive days, it is not recommended. But you should check with your Dr.

As long as you haven't received instructions against it from your doctor, there is a Neosporin Creme w/ pain agent that works really well for tenderness. Use the creme instead of the ointment as the ointment has oils that can interfere with stitches/sutures/staples.

Once it has healed and is a scar, you can use Mederma, but not until it is healed over.

Try Aleve or Advil for the pain as they tend to work on muscle pain better than Tylenol. But, check with your Dr re: dosage and if they have a preference as these can sometimes thin the blood....

Good luck, get some rest, and maybe hubbie can wash dishes for the next week!

If it's not completely closed up yet, you can smear neosporin right over the stitches or staples - this will help with scarring a little bit. If it is closed completely, I don't see why you can't gently massage your scar cream over it now. Also, it's a little counterintuitive, but a warm heating pad over the incision site will feel amazing.

please remember to take it easy. it is not unusual to still have pain so soon after surgery. Have you tried taking ibuprofin or tylenol? you don't have to take the prescription kind all the time unless you feel you need one.

do you have stitches, or staples or steri strips? you do not say. each one has its own level of pain..(although i had steri strips with a tegaderm on top of that--itched like hell!!)

make sure that your incision is not red around the wound or draining profusely(green or dark red blood).

Are you taking antibiotics?

sorry i have been in the medical field for 15 years and all these questions come to mind. that being said i have also had an emergency appendectomy around 5 years ago so i know where you are coming from.