Pants afterward

**keightkate** · 02-13-2018 09:50 PM

Did you have trouble wearing button and zip pants after a couple weeks where the incision sights were? I am just wondering that i can't wear sweatpants when i go back to work....

**Lcajnike** · 02-13-2018 11:58 PM

Yes I did. I just wore dresses or elastic waisted pants.

sraebaer · 02-14-2018 06:59 AM

I didn't, my incisions never hurt. But if yours do, just dress comfy! A dress with boots would be cute. (Or maybe it's not boot season in CA!)

**DHB** · 02-14-2018 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by keightkate

Did you have trouble wearing button and zip pants after a couple weeks where the incision sights were? I am just wondering that i can't wear sweatpants when i go back to work....

My incisions weren't at my waist or where my pants rubbed so I actually wore jeans a couple days after surgery without discomfort. The incisions will be covered with a surgical tape but you can always put a band aid over them if necessary. My tape crumbled off pretty quickly and my incisions healed very fast. (I used Vitamin E on them.) I really didn't have discomfort at the incisions themselves. Also, my pants became baggy after a couple weeks so for the first time in a long time I was wearing loose pants.Trust me, once those too tight pants become too loose, that's all you'll be thinking about!

**Ann2** · 02-14-2018 05:02 PM

Nope. Didn't bother me at all. My incisions weren't on the part of my stomach next to my waistband(s).

**Luna354** · 02-14-2018 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Ann2

Nope. Didn't bother me at all. My incisions weren't on the part of my stomach next to my waistband(s).

Same for me! And my incision sites had major brusing to the point my Dr said he felt so bad and apolgized! I do bruise easily but he had never seen bruising like this! ha!

**Christie13** · 02-15-2018 08:25 PM

I went back to work a week post op and can't wear sweats to work either. I wore my jeans and I was fine. No issues.

**mandyjdc** · 02-17-2018 08:14 PM

I had a lot of pain at my incision sites, and I am short waisted so I couldn’t wear jeans for about a month. Luckily, I work in healthcare and wear a lot of scrubs. So almost all my pants had soft/looser waists.

**DHB** · 02-17-2018 08:48 PM

So this is an interesting thread bc my lowest incision is about 3 in above my waist which surprised me at the time. It's possible that surgeons use different techniques which may result in different incision locations.