To send a picture of my pubic region to the surgeon who did my c section?

[LemonSwan]

I work in an industry where we craft things and then sometimes don’t ever see them develop. I love it when a client sends a photo.

Am a year on from my C and honestly so impressed with it. My surgeon was like da Vinci with a thread and needle. It is absolutely perfect and I want to send my thanks.

Any surgeons out there? Would you like to see your handiwork again or is this totally bizarre and you don’t want random pictures of peoples pubis region! 🤣

YANBU - send the pube pic
YABU - no one wants to see that

My c scar was so perfect I had nurses coming in just for a quick look! He would have done amazing embroidery work

He was in the local news a few years later for performing the first c-section on a gorilla, bet her scar was good too!

My c-section scar looks like the Joker's smile, and DS2 came out with a scratch on his cheek.

Still, our lives were saved, so that's the main.

<prods pouch ruefully>

Oh it will DEFINITELY end up on the wall.

If you send a thank you/complements card it'll go up on the "Aww, these Patients appreciate my/our work" section of the staffroom wall. If you send a photo it'll end up on the "Look what this fucking loon sent us" section.

Yeah I’m really confused about all these people who have c section scars that would impact bikini wearing - mine is virtually on my pubic bone, below my hairline.

My first c section scar was perfect too - I was stapled. My second one isn’t as nice but overall it’s pretty good - there is a wee part about 1cm long where the skin is slightly thicker.

I had an emergency appendectomy aged 11,no time for finesse, they had to get in there fast, the huge scar later split ( my fault, I played netball too soon) but the size and extreme ugliness of it have always impressed doctors who have seen it. I hope it stands as a salutary example of what not to do.

I also have a scar from my fibroids removal, which would have been ok except the staff nurse insisted it had dissolving stitches, so cut off the beads which actually showed it wasn’t a dissolving suture . It was only at my six week check when I said I could still see the shadow of the suture under my skin that they realised , resulting in a very unpleasant 15 minutes worth of local anaesthetic and tugging. I often wonder how many more women the idiot SN did that to, she was training a newbie at the time, so unfortunately spreading her good practice around.

If ever I have a tummy tuck I will insist on seeing examples of the surgeons stitching skills beforehand.

I sympathise with you about your appendectomy scar. I am not so kind towards the surgeons as you are though! I had an emergency operation, and I was careful about recovery, but the closing of the wound was awful! The stitches were tied in to the wound itself somehow and they left a few lengths of stitches below it too , so much so that every few years they come to the surface and poke through and then go back inside again!

I got sent a picture of a patients arm i had sutured which looked amazing and i am still proud!

Funnily enough I had a stitch that popped up many years later, it came out though, very strange experience. I wonder if there are more in there lurking!

It's quite often the Jr drs role to do the stitching rather than the consultant who did the procedure.

I work in theatres!

Another one here very pleased with my scar. Very neat with no overhang. The community midwife was also pleased!

On a related note, anyone kinda wish they hadn't had the screen so they could've watched? I wonder if it's related to the kind of person who 'looks' when they get an injection (which I am )

I’m just glad you didn’t have haemorrhoid surgery 🤣

I watched my colonoscopies, fascinating, real Star Trek stuff.

Actually, yes, it's important. Cosmetic result is considered important in all surgeries.

Also, OP, not sure about the photo, but I've been medical admin most of my working life and I've only ever seen a doctor/nurse/therapist delighted to receive follow up news from a happy healthy patient. It's always appreciated, thank you cards stay up on walls for years, so I'd definitely encourage you to send something.

I'm confused, don't c section scars all look more or less the same? Just a red line?

I'm jealous, 10 years on and my emergency section scar is still a right mess, sticking out and lumpy on one side and tucked in on the other so it gets infected every so often. You should definitely send a card thanking them, not everyone has a good experience and it might help to keep them working in the NHS!

For my 2nd pregnancy I had a lovely surgeon and as she stitched up my episiotomy and several other women crowded round and praised her for the great stitching. If I had any idea who she was I'd have sent a card (no photo!) But it was all a blur and I don't remember who treated me.

OP, this thread really made me chuckle. Specifically the thought of your c section scar being put up in the tate.

Let us know what you end up doing, if we don't hear back, we can just assume you've been arrested for sending a picture of your nether regions to the surgeon 😂

On a serious note, I bet the surgeon would appreciate you reaching out to thank him!

They took a small slice of my skin out when I had a hysterectomy after 2 sections to keep it tidy. It healed beautifully.

Send a nice thank you. Not a photo.

OMG that would be so weird. Fair enough you appreciate the work, but honestly he'll just think you are a weirdo I think!

Send a note OP. If I were a surgeon and one of my patients was delighted with my work, I'd love to receive a note of thanks.

I got to thank a surgeon who operated on one of my DC. I praised his skill and thanked him for saving my DS's life and I could tell he was really touched.

Interesting.

Im pretty sure mine was the actual consultant as my friend (who is a midwife in the hospital I delivered in) knew exactly who my consultant was based purely on the fact I had staples. Unless of course he directed his junior to do the staples.

Apparenrly scars from staples are usually nicer than those with stitches, which makes it seem odd that staples are relatively more unusual.

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Please don’t. One of our local IBS/gyni ended up going through major SA case with a grateful patient. You may trigger all sorts of time consuming paperwork that your surgeon really doesn’t need at the moment.
I am eternally grateful for the artist its skill of my breast surgeon. I had a therapeutic mammoplasty to remove breast cancer. Even the radiologist was impressed when I had my first year post surgery mammogram. But sending my surgeon a photo, no that would be beyond weird. If she asked me to have non-identifying clinical photo to use for academic or clinical purposes, no problem, I had no idea how it was going to look so it would have helped to see a post op healed photo.
Most c section scars are pretty good. It’s just not a scar that you see very often.

I don't get it @LemonSwan ,
You said you had a C-section, so you didn't deliver vaginally.

Why would you want to send a picture of your pubic area to the surgeon who sewed up your tummy???

At any rate, I wouldn't bother, they already think they are second to God , no reason to encourage it.

The consultant will direct the Jr what to use.

I've heard that staples are good. We never get to see the end result! I guess the trouble is you have to come to have them taken out.

We usually use absorbable sutures as standard.

Mine is apparently a work of art . When I was in hospital before DC3 was born (waters went but not in labour yet) I was asked could the medical students practice for their exams the following week. So they examined me and asked questions etc while their tutor watched. Anyway lots of comments about my scar as it was almost invisible as one student hadn't realised I had a scar and one of the tutors was the Dr who had done my first c section so he was thrilled with himself

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PMSL
(Sorry but that made me laugh out loud re Jokers smile).

I have had 4 C Sections and the scar is rather nice but it has never dawned on Me to send a photo of it to the surgeon (we did not have smart phones when I had my last in 2004 though but nonetheless)