27 Staples are Gone

The physical therapist visited today and first thing she said was "Do you want to get those staples out!" Of course I said "right on" and we set to the project immediately. The first thing we did was each of us had to count the staples. Once we agreed that there were 27 total staples to remove, she proceeded to clean the entire area and rid the skin of as much old tape stuff she could. After that she used a scissor like staple remover that reaches under the staple and then bends it down, allowing the two ends to flip up and out of the skin. It is real slick and in my case only hurt on two staples. She said that those two were real tight and she expected them to sting a bit. It sting was very minimal and I was real pleased with how everything went.

Once all the staples were out we counted up the little shards of metal and agreed that there were 27. She covered the scar area with strips to help hold the skin and that was it. I took pictures and the job was done.

My scar should be real straight and may even almost disappear. That would be great!