With DD1 i had no skin over hang etc (i had one long continuous stitch) and you could not see where the scar was at all after about 3 months. With DD2 i had staples and had a slight over hang in the very early days but it is improving all the time (she is only 8 wks old) I just assumed the slight over hang was from my skin losing elasticity (sp) as i was bigger with No2. At 1st i really noticed the over hang and DH commented that it looked dreadful but as i say it is improving and is next to nothing now. For what it is worth i prefered my staples to the continual stitch but thats just from my exp. I did not want staples and voiced this but was told it was the obs choice on the day (i went public) i was petrified and really they just sound horrible they arent that bad. Even if the over hang does stick around for a bit its low enough that my undies cover it etc.