To ask about your C-Section scar?

That should be "had" a hypertrophic scar. I did try silicone patches but they were always falling off and I kept finding them on the floor covered in carpet fluff.

I has a hypertrophic scar from my c-section scar - it's a milder form of keloid. I had a series of steroid injections into the scar to flatten it The scar was numb but the injections were quite painful - something about nerves trapped in the scar.

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OP your body has actually healed "too well", better than any of us with "normal" scars. This type of scar appears when the body overheals!

Your body produced excess collagen when you were healing and that's the reason for your scar being the way it is.

I had similar, a hypertrophic scar which is like what you describe but red rather than purple and probably not as large. In my own experience, nothing made it fade BUT I highly recommend these (below) to stop it catching on things. They were a life saver.

I've had another section since then and they cut the whole scar out and I've healed normally this time. However I've ended up with a tissue infection in the internal incision lol.

No stretch marks either time, these are unrelated.

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Doesn’t sound a normal recovery to me (and I’ve had four c sections; two with difficult recoveries). Have you massaged the area regularly?

Mine is just like yours - still reddish and purplish and completely numb on the touch. Had DD 18m ago.

I had my second CS almost 4 years ago. The scar itself is white and very faint. I have a couple of permenant broken vein type blemishes next to it. It feels fine but if I scratch my skin anywhere on my lower belly it still feels quite numb. Also if I have a belly which I do post-lockdown it does an overhang shelf thing which I hate.

I also had an EMCS and I think it took a good 3 years before the scar area felt properly back to normal. Maybe even a bit longer. I know that probably isn't what you want to hear, but better late than never eh?! If it's any consolation my baby is now 6 and you can barely see my scar now. I had a pouch/shelf for the first couple of years even though I was very slim, I hated it (but obviously small price to pay for healthy baby) and thought I was going to be stuck with it forever, but it's totally gone now and I actually have a flat stomach again. Also I found my scar really itched for the first couple of years, but I can't say I've noticed it itching for years now. Moisturising definitely helped.

I think we really underestimate how long it takes to fully recover from CS (and giving birth in general actually), maybe because it's so commonplace and new mothers are expected to just get on with things regardless. Also, there was a long period of time (probably starting when my son was about your DC's age) when I felt physically back to normal, but didn't look physically back to normal. So it felt like my new body was permanent, but actually it just needed a lot longer to fix itself than I thought it would.

Everything was all gummed together. Expect it just depends on our bodies, my father has adhesions etc from past surgeries and my physique is like his.

Like a PP I had mine ‘tidied up’ at my second (non elective) C section. Had internal adhesions/scarring helped then too.

Didn’t have the scar sensitivity / ‘angriness’ you mention.

Some years later still have a large numb area and a ‘shelf’. But much neater and no more internal pulling!

Definitely sounds like a keloid scarring as other folk have said. Try the gel patches and creams but if they don't help it's worth visiting your gp at some point. I've had similar scarring from a different operation (on my ribs and stomach) and ended up having to get a series of injections from a dermatologist into the scarring to calm it down which has worked well.

I had mine 3 years ago and it was very purple and lumpy until about 6 months ago when all of a sudden it flattened out and faded. It's still very visible and hurts when I've done anything strenuous. I'm so glad you posted this OP as I thought I was just being over sensitive and imagining it all but it seems normal for some women to have very long recovery times. I wonder if it makes a difference whether it was elective or emergency?

Get yourself some Kelo cote it helps flatten out keloid scars or raised scars, reduces redness and speeds up healing

Mine’s the same. Not keloid but hypertrophic. It will flatten on its own over time, but a twice daily massage with Vaseline is the only thing proven to improve the look of scars. It’s the act of massage not the product, which helps. (From a dermatology consultant).

I can’t really see mine now as it’s just a silvery line but its so far down in my pubes because my son was very premature that it killed all the hair follicles and I’ve got a big bald line 🤣😬

Could be a hypertrophic scar? My first was like that, the only positive of having a second Cs was they cut that one off and my new one healed perfectly!

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Yes I get itching, also deeper than skin and I also get a burning sensation 8 years on.

DD is now 4 and my scar is still very visible. No pain or numbness though. I have the delightful shelf. Spanx helps

The kangaroo pouch sucks after c section. Feel as though the only way to get rid is a tummy tuck! No amount of exercise gets rid of it.

I have 2. Both tiny and invisible. From 15+ years ago, so ages ago. But still occasionally itchy. Wierd. And big overhang, which I've given up caring about.

20 months on mine is pretty much flat and invisible. However I have a significant patch of skin above the scar where I've lost most or all sensation.

Mine is tiny (maybe 2 or 3 inches) and silver, its also under the hair (tmi). I had a consultant do my c section, my son was very premature, 28 wks, 1lb 10lb so I think I had the best surgeons they had do it due to the huge risk to his life. Luckily no over hang just goes a bit shelf like if I get to fat. It can still sometimes feel a bit odd but it never bothers me anymore. That was 12 years ago.