African American women who've had tummy tuck surgery - **Repost
By klewis0906 on 25 Oct 2011
Hi ladies - this is a repost of an older thread I found previously posted By prissy1 on 23 Mar 2011: I'm interested to know of any other african american women on this site who've already undergone their surgery and what was your healing process like? How is your incision looking and what scar care routine you used. Our skin is so different, I think this could be a help to those visiting the site looking for answers before their surgery. If you haven't had your surgery but are scheduled, I'd like to hear from you as well.
I had my TT w/MT and tiny lipo (to match the skin thicknesses at the pubic bone), and that was the 19th of March. I recently started using Scaraway silicone scar sheets, with Bio-oil, and palmers cocoa butter skin treatment. I added Dermacil lotion- because my skin seems extra dry now and is hypoallergenic. I also find that since my incision is closed, it seems to make everything else kinda flow on easier. Again, unless ones' incisions are closed, I wouldn't try this. ANYTHING can cause INFECTION. I wish i would have had all this available when I had my BR, but ahh, sigh**** :D
What are some of you doing to manage your scars? I got a BL, BA and TT. I have bio oil and vitamin e already in my stash from previously I haven/t used it on these scars yet. Whats good to use on scars for our skin type? What you you been doing that has been working? I hear good things about silicone strips but its soo overwhelming there are so many different kinds to choose from. Thanks in advance for your time answering this. : )