Good Morning Everyone!
I need a little advice.... I had my staples removed from my incision on Thursday and the put something called "steri-strips" across the incision. The steri-strips are supposed to stay on until the fall off, which should be around 2 to 3 weeks. They said if they make it a week, it should be OK, though.
It felt great to get the staples out. Yesterday, the steri-strips started itching and by last night it became almost unbearable. I've never had poison ivy, but this is what it must feel like.
I am not red around the steri-strips. If I peel up an edge, it is a little red under them, but for as bad as they itch, I was expecting it to be really red.
Does anybody have any experience with this? Is there a way to get this itching to stop? There is no way that I can stand this and I am considering pulling them off. I pulled a few off, cleaned the area with alcohol swabs and put waterproof "tuff-strip" band-aids across where the strips were. They do not seem to be itching like the steri-strips, so maybe this is an alternative I can use. Maybe????
Any ideas?????
I'm desperate!
-Mike-