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After knee replacement surgery

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 27, 2021 | Replies (618)
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@johnbishop

Warning! Graphic and yucky... I’m sure I will have a scar but already had 3 smaller ones on the same knee when they removed cartilage in the 70s. They stapled the incision then put Dermabond (?) over the staples and put a super sticky thick surgical bandage over it.

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jmjlove | @jmjlove | Apr 10, 2019

Funny, both my knees have scars straight down the middle. One is about a foot long. Other about 9 inches. That one is a doozey. I had repairs done after an accident when I was 15, on the right knee. One very large scar on each side, plus scars from arthroscopy. So that leg is lovely. Other leg had arthroscopic and knee replacement, only, so I call that one my "good knee". Lol.

Glad you are doing well and hope you heal quickly with great rom!

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Apr 10, 2019

@johnbishop @jmjlove @debbraw and all others with a TKR scar! You folks are really brave to go through that. Do the scars fade after a while?

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JK | @contentandwell | Apr 12, 2019

@johnbishop WOW, that's a lot of staples!
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