10/17/2025
Sensitivity, altered feeling, and/or pain in your cesarean scar? ⚡️ Although super common, you do not just have to simply live with it! You’ll want to save this post & read on if you’ve had a c-section!
There are 7 layers of tissue that were involved in the surgery. Simply put, because of the incision lots of ways for things to get agitated, irritated, & altered. Nerves need ample time for re-growth, and scar tissue and adhesion formation between tissue layers are another factor impacting sensation & overall mobility.
Here’s how to help improve sensitivity & begin improving your ability to get movement in the scar itself:
👉🏼You’ll want to begin AROUND the scar, and not directly over it at first. ⛔️Wait until the incision is fully healed to do this right over the scar to avoid infection.
✨Use soft, gentle materials & progress to more rough textures as sensitivity and sensation improves.
✅For example, use a silk sheet or soft cotton ball to start. Gently move across the skin all around your scar for 2-3 minutes, working up to 5 minutes a day. ➡️Once you become comfortable with these textures and it feels more “normal”, move on to rougher textures such as a towel, toothbrush, or scouring sponge. Again, begin around the scar at first before right over it.
What will this help with?
✨Helps the nervous system heal & recognize these sensations as “normal” again
✨Helps decrease pain, burning, itching & any other “weird” sensations you may be feeling in the area
✨Stimulates & improves nerve regeneration - remember these things were cut through during surgery and need time to heal & regrow!
✨Works towards decreasing any potential fear associated with touching the area
✨Allows you to begin reconnecting with the area
Were you given this info if you had a belly birth? Let me know in the comments! 💕
& remember, it’s NEVER too late to work on your scar - reach out if you have questions!
