Appearance

I finally got brave enough and took my steri strips off. Those darn things never fell off by themselves, and it was harboring dried blood underneath, so I didn't want that.

At 5 weeks post-op, I'd just like to know how my incision is supposed to look? Mine appears to be like reddish/dark pink in color. Is mine a normal looking color then? And will it eventually fade off into my skin color?

mine did

Oops, one more question if I may: Do you ladies put something "over" your incision area to keep it "safe"? Or do you just wear the normal undergarment over it? Thanks!!!

Your incision sounds like it's coming along nicely. I wore a maxi pad over my incision for weeks. Last time I had a bikini incision it took about a year to become virtually invisible.

im two weeks out yesterday and took the strips off sat as was told by hospital because i thought id ring and ask
must addmit was a bit scared just in case it all fell out.. lol
i was fine my incission is a redish pink colour and i havnt put any thing over it to cover it, its fine the way it is
dianne

I didn't put anything over my incision, I just wore loose comfy clothes until it felt better (and it does feel and look better in time )

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Kay

Sounds like it looks normal to me.
I also wore a pad over it for about 2 weeks. I felt safer for some reason.