How long does a surgery incision take to heal?

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asked Jul 25, 2020 in Body/Skin by Avelpe (310 points)
How long does a surgery incision take to heal?

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answered Jul 25, 2020 by Jamie (44,840 points)
Some surgery incisions heal within 1 to 3 weeks and some surgery incisions take between 6 to 8 weeks to fully heal.

The size of the surgery incision will factor into the actual time it takes for the surgery incision to heal after surgery.

Smaller incisions heal within 1 to 3 weeks and sometimes 4 weeks.

Larger surgery incisions take between 6 to 8 weeks to fully heal.

You may still have a scar for a few years after the surgery incision and sometimes you may have the surgery incision scar for the rest of your life.

The last time I had a surgery incision which was for appendix removal the surgery incision healed within 3 weeks of the surgery.

The doctors told me to take it easy for around 4 weeks to allow the incision to heal.

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