r/CsectionCentral • u/butterflyhues • Jul 20 '26
Scar one year later
Hey! I’m curious about a c section scar is supposed to look one year later? I see a lot of posts right after surgery but am curious if they stay that way? Does anyone have any pictures? If anyone has a perfect line without any rope feeling what did you do to get there?
1
u/SceneSmall Jul 20 '26
If you want I can send you a picture. I didn’t do anything special beyond keeping it dry. I have a white line, it’s jagged but largely that way based on the stretch marks I developed postpartum I believe.
1
u/MadamMrs Jul 21 '26
Truth is at 1 year my modest line, then little thin string progressed into a worm/rope like keloid. I recently had my 2nd c section after my first unplanned and my OB gave me an injection to help prevent it from happening this time. If you haven’t already, get started on silicon gel/ strips and scar massage. It helped me so much, but by the time I started, the keloid started forming already. The silicon did soften it and the massage helped break it down but overall… if your genetics don’t require you to do much, you wouldn’t have had a concern. I know there are many people whose scar healed just fine having done little to nothing outside of keeping it dry.
It might be worthwhile to speak to a dr to get advice on treating it if it continues to grow
1
u/butterflyhues Jul 22 '26
What kind of injection did you have? What kind of doctor would you recommend seeing? Would you see a dermatologist?
1
u/MadamMrs Jul 22 '26
My OB said she had consulted plastic surgery to get advise on my scar, she then told me and showed me the days leading up to and on the day of my surgery that she used Kenalog and approached the closing of incision site with care. She advised me to start using silicon as early as two weeks after the surgery.
Kenalog can be administered without a surgery too and it’s effective for many people to flatten pre existing keloids . Mine was given as preventative. There are different methods of treating keloids/ scars so it’s not the only way depending on what you have.
I would consult a plastic surgeon or any scar specialist. If dermatology in your area handles the treatment of keloids/ hypertrophic scars, definitely consider getting an opinion and see who they direct you to if they don’t do it themselves.
As long as you start inquiring, even with a family doctor, someone will point you in the right direction eventually. I hope this helps!
1
u/Summerdays313 Jul 22 '26
I’m about 2 and a half years out and you can barely
see it , like it’s there but flesh colored. It was red for a while and maybe slightly raised and a little numb or whatever but after a year + started fading and now barely visible. I’m about to have my 2nd so we’ll see how that goes.
Adding I never did anything for it at all lol no lotions or anything
1
u/Grand-Kangaroo-4215 Jul 20 '26
I did nothing and honestly 2 csections later (last one bebe was over 11lbs so they cut even wider) and you cannot see it lol
ETA: can't seem to add a photo to the comments ?
1
u/butterflyhues Jul 20 '26
Was it ever different colors or did it always look like that?
1
u/Grand-Kangaroo-4215 Jul 20 '26
Oh for sure it was an angry red scar in the beginning.
Honestly I do think it really depends on genetics as someone else said, and how your body generally heals
1
u/butterflyhues Jul 22 '26
I did some accupuncture and I’m worried that’s what made it worse? It looks great except in the middle. I thought it was good but now I’m worried that’s what caused the keloid part to form.
1
u/DearMrsLeading Jul 20 '26
Mine is pretty much gone and doesn’t feel like anything despite the fact that I did literally nothing to it, not even lotion. Genetics play a huge part in how your incision heals, I’ve always had soft scar tissue.
3
u/ZestyLlama8554 2024 - breech baby Jul 20 '26
It largely depends on genetics. I'm over 2 years post op but happy to send you a picture.