I had my the first part of my j-pouch surgery 10 years ago, and the vertical scar on my abdomen that the surgery has left me with is something that I'm very self-conscious about.
Has anyone done anything to have their scar treated so that it isn't as visible?
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Hi Liguy11,
I had more than a few openings through the abdominal scar and the scar had dehyssed more than a dozen times.
I was left with an uneven crater about 2 inches wide, and 15 inches long. There were deep 'holes' as well.
It also left me with 2 very uneven sides including one that was pushed sideways and very lumpy. I had 3 old stoma sites and one old colostomy site plus all sorts of other fun scars...9 in all.
After years of hating myself and what I looked like I decided to have it fixed. The surgeon reduced 3 scars down to 1 and redid the colostomy scar which was horizontal and spread wide. The vertical scar got resected and is now much narrower. They did lipo on the right side to remove a large fatty cyst as well.
The result is far from perfect but I no longer hate myself and can look in a mirror without cringing.
I do not regret having it done but the cost was 3 more surgeries and a lot of pain.
Only you know if it is worth it to you.
Sharon
After ten years I don't know if it will work as well but I found Bio Oil very good after my surgery for reducing the scarring.
I'd be interested to know if it is a raised scar. If so I think the only thing you can do is get it surgically revised which wont totally get rid of the scar but improve the appearance.
