Itchy incisions

 They itch so bad is this normal? I'm day 9 from surgery no signs of infections. Anyone else have this

Itching is good!!!!! Inflammation is bad!!!!!!!!!!! 

Some itching is healing but you can also be allergic to the glue (or at least I was). My itching was awful, I was sooooooo uncomfortable. I did have inflammation but there was/is no infection. Dr. confirmed it today.

I had a bad reaction to the steri strips and my skin looked terrible and it itched terribly! Getting better slowly.

I had an allergic reaction, too.  So itchy.  Doc told me to take Benadryl and put cortizone cream on it. 

But I did something that backfired, too.  At night when I was going to bed, I put a wet washcloth across my stomach because it made the itching go away or at least be not as bad.  And I developed a yeast infection in the incisions!

So don't do that.

:-)

Thanks for posting this!  My incisions have been itching today & it's not comfortable.  I hope this means the glue will come off soon!!  Like right now, all I want to do is scratch!!

Itching is a sign of the stitches healing. Its a good thing.. Dont scratch though. Try using some Neosporin on the incision line. This will do two things:.. moisten up that dry incision spot and two hopefully keep it from becoming infected.

Itchy is good.

I was allergic to the glue, itches like crazy. Benadryl gel and pills, suffered thru it. It was bad!

I had it too... and I found out the glue is not on the outside it is on the inside.... it was terrible, I started puting cortizone cream on it but it got more inflamed... my doc friend thought it was yeast so I started using Vagisil and it really helped.... So my doc prescribed me a yeast and cortizone cream combined but still became inflamed... on the Vagisil worked to control the itching and inflamation.  Boy it really itched... especially if clothing touched it.

normal. it's healing.