Adhesive left after c-section dressing removed

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fibeee · 01/04/2020 22:43

Can someone recommend how to best remove leftover adhesive from my c-section wound. The midwife removed my dressing today but there’s a good bit left. I’m scared that my underwear will start sticking to the scar.

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msmith501 · 01/04/2020 22:48

I'm guessing running with a light oil such as olive oil might be worth a try? Got to be better than acetone or similar which I would normally use but not near a recent open surgical wound. I'm sure better suggestions will follow - all I would say is be gentle.

bonzo77 · 01/04/2020 22:54

Leave it alone. At least until the stitches have been out a few days. Then baby oil will get it off. Your clothes won’t stick to it very much.

Itsmommy · 04/04/2020 07:45

Leave it until you feel like you can have a long hot shower abd at the end of the shower gently rub a warm flannel. Might take a few days depending on pain/sensitivity.

LangSpartacusCleg · 04/04/2020 07:54

Oil removes sticky stuff. You could use your fingers to gently rub it in or a cotton bud but be very, very careful of the incision.

sashh · 04/04/2020 07:56

Keep it away from your scar but acetone, usually found in nail varnish remover, gets rid of it. Please be careful though.

It's what I used to clean ECG cables when I was still working.

Sameold2020 · 04/04/2020 07:56

Do you mean the single plastic type strip? Mine was removed by the doctor 24 hours post op. I was left with no dressing whatsoever. I felt like my insides were going to spill out.

gnatgnu · 04/04/2020 08:14

Zoff wipes are amazing. You can get them from Amazon.

Magicbabywaves · 04/04/2020 08:15

Mine was there was ages until I put some olive oil in it and it rubbed off

eurochick · 04/04/2020 08:17

I left mine just to wear off over time.

Cally70 · 04/04/2020 08:18

Don't use acetone. A nurse removed the sticky stuff for me after my c section. It left me with burns which were more painful than the actual wound

Pinkywoo · 04/04/2020 08:20

Same as @eurochick, I just let it wear off.

Dozer · 04/04/2020 08:21

It won’t stick to clothes.

userabcname · 04/04/2020 08:22

Oh this drove me crazy! I tried everything but it was tenacious stuff. In the end, I used to lie on the bed after a shower and gently rub the stuff with just my fingers and it warmed up, then rolled into little balls that I could pick off. Took a good few days to get it all though!

SkaLaLand · 04/04/2020 08:25

Baby oil should do the trick

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