Hello! Sorry I missed this!
I have a scar in the sense that I know it’s there, but no one notices it. Like I have to tell people it’s a scar and not just a line on my forehead. I did have a fantastic surgeon though.
I also have a small scar on my neck which is more noticeable, but in a less obvious place. Without wanting to gross you out, basically I am told one of the big issues with operating on an aneurysm there is access. So if it ruptures during surgery apparently there’s not many places the surgeon can redirect the blood while they fix the rupture, so in my instance the surgeon made a small incision in my neck before going near the aneurysm, so that if it ruptured during surgery he could try to redirect the blood out there while he fixed it. Thankfully there was no rupture during surgery.
I noticed your comment about it being one and done, and I take a lot of strength from this video I found:
If you listen around 3:20 there’s some good opinions on clipping effectiveness. It’s also a really good video overall that shows you’re going to feel rubbish for a while.
Hope this helps and please feel free to ask me more questions if you like