Week 4, day 2: Strer-strips removed and a bruising journey

Took off all the steri-strips tonight! Some of them were just barely hanging on the incision sites, holding on to a little bit of hair, so I just said F it and took them off.

First impression is that the arthroscopic incision sites are barely visible. Given how much dried up blood and "goo" there was on the steri-strips, I expected 4x4mm scab. Instead, it's just a tiny strip, like a little cut.

The only nasty looking thing is the hamstring graft incision, about 1.5" long. That scar will definitely stay with me for a while.

Here's a little photo series between my bruised leg and the not-so-bruised leg and the latest steri-strips-removed leg.

So, bruising and steri-strips after removal:

Week 1, day 6: lots of bruising:



Week 2, day 5: a lot of the bruising has faded:



Week 3, day 7: steri-strips barely hanging on:



Week 4, day 2: steri-strips removed:



Side view, the side arthroscopic cut is probably the most visible one: