My cut was barely 4 inches long! Some of you have whoppers! They are very clean, really, and some are glued together, some have staples, some have sutures that dissolve from the inside (I cannot even begin to imagine how that works!!) I'm very squeamish, too, and it really did not bother me.
Had an old neighbor bring some flowers by about 3 weeks post-op and she was curious enough to ask to see my scar (and I was delighted to show her!!) As I showed her she started asking, well, how deep does that go?? I'm like, well, um, you know they went all the way in to my heart and through my sternum which they had to saw in half!! It was wickedly mean of me, but the look on her face was just priceless!! You just don't know til you get there. And this one, well, it isn't as bad as you might think. Today's surgeon's are very neat and tidy!! ;o)
Best wishes for a lovely cut!
Marguerite