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Week 5: swelling down, double-bubble up
Week 5
This week the swelling in my breasts has gone down significantly, I would guess I am down to a full C cup now. Which is perfect. The fat necrosis is starting to reabsorb with daily massage. Both breasts have formed a definite double-bubble, which is an unfortunate but common response of tuberous breasts after corrective surgery. I see Dr Matousek in a couple of weeks and we will discuss options. A revision is likely.
My abdomen is perfect. Everything is healing beautifully and the incision is tiny and thin. My belly button will get less red/purple with time. I find myself wanting to show off my waist rather than hide it, which hasn't been the case since before I had kids.
I am still not up for heavy exercise, which is bumming me out a bit. I find anything more than strolling still causes soreness, swelling and sometimes stinging pulling pain around the internal muscle stitches at the top of my abdomen. So I'm not pushing it. But I really miss working out and I can feel my body getting softer and the muscle ratio going down and fat ratio going up, which is upsetting. Bit I won't risk ruining the beautiful work that has been done with these surgeries. I will make it up with the exercise when my body is ready.
My confidence is way up, which is great.
This week the swelling in my breasts has gone down significantly, I would guess I am down to a full C cup now. Which is perfect. The fat necrosis is starting to reabsorb with daily massage. Both breasts have formed a definite double-bubble, which is an unfortunate but common response of tuberous breasts after corrective surgery. I see Dr Matousek in a couple of weeks and we will discuss options. A revision is likely.
My abdomen is perfect. Everything is healing beautifully and the incision is tiny and thin. My belly button will get less red/purple with time. I find myself wanting to show off my waist rather than hide it, which hasn't been the case since before I had kids.
I am still not up for heavy exercise, which is bumming me out a bit. I find anything more than strolling still causes soreness, swelling and sometimes stinging pulling pain around the internal muscle stitches at the top of my abdomen. So I'm not pushing it. But I really miss working out and I can feel my body getting softer and the muscle ratio going down and fat ratio going up, which is upsetting. Bit I won't risk ruining the beautiful work that has been done with these surgeries. I will make it up with the exercise when my body is ready.
My confidence is way up, which is great.
4 weeks post op
4 weeks post op
The swelling in my breasts is finally starting to come down. As the swelling is coming down, the hard lumps where the tuberous constriction was released right across the lower pole have become more apparent. Possibly fat necrosis or scar tissue or similar. After some Web research I started massaging it vigorously once a day to help it reabsorb into my body, and it has made a huge difference with the lumps getting noticeably smaller each day. There is some redness and puckering, and my breasts are not the right shape at the moment due to the lumps and bumps and swelling, etc. But I'm expecting improvements with time and healing.
The tummy tuck has healed beautifully. I am still sore. The breasts are mildly sore all the time and hurt if they get bumped. And the tummy still hurts if I over-use the muscles or have to sneeze or get up quickly. My upper abs particularly get swollen and painful if I over-exert myself. The healing process has been slower than I anticipated, but it's definitely happening.
I am really looking forward to feeling ready to exercise properly again, because I'm getting a little flabby from the lack of exercise in the past weeks. But I'm just not ready for rigorous exercise yet. Even just strolling around the shops can leave me swollen, sore and exhausted. The longer I walk, the more my abs hurt, and they start pulling me down into a hunched over position again. So I'm doing a little each day, but I wouldn't call it dedicated 'exercise' as much as just movement. I just hope I don't gain much weight or cellulite or flab or lose too much muscle before I can get back into exercise properly.
The swelling in my breasts is finally starting to come down. As the swelling is coming down, the hard lumps where the tuberous constriction was released right across the lower pole have become more apparent. Possibly fat necrosis or scar tissue or similar. After some Web research I started massaging it vigorously once a day to help it reabsorb into my body, and it has made a huge difference with the lumps getting noticeably smaller each day. There is some redness and puckering, and my breasts are not the right shape at the moment due to the lumps and bumps and swelling, etc. But I'm expecting improvements with time and healing.
The tummy tuck has healed beautifully. I am still sore. The breasts are mildly sore all the time and hurt if they get bumped. And the tummy still hurts if I over-use the muscles or have to sneeze or get up quickly. My upper abs particularly get swollen and painful if I over-exert myself. The healing process has been slower than I anticipated, but it's definitely happening.
I am really looking forward to feeling ready to exercise properly again, because I'm getting a little flabby from the lack of exercise in the past weeks. But I'm just not ready for rigorous exercise yet. Even just strolling around the shops can leave me swollen, sore and exhausted. The longer I walk, the more my abs hurt, and they start pulling me down into a hunched over position again. So I'm doing a little each day, but I wouldn't call it dedicated 'exercise' as much as just movement. I just hope I don't gain much weight or cellulite or flab or lose too much muscle before I can get back into exercise properly.
3 weeks post-op
3 weeks post-op
Healing is going well, although there is still significant swelling in my breasts, especially my left. The right breastfeeding continued to leak until Dr Matousek put a stitch in earlier this week. Since then the leaking has completely stopped.
The abdominoplasty part is healing perfectly and looks amazing. Pain is minimal and I am finally standing fully straight. The tuberous correction and augmentation is not perfect, but I can tell I have a lot of healing to do and there will be significant changes between now and the final outcome.
There is a possible 'double bubble' issue with both breasts from the tuberous correction. This is fairly common to tuberous corrections and it is because my body is trying to heal back to it's original state. There is a lot of swelling and a lot of deep bruising causing hard lumpiness in both breasts because of the release of the tuberous constriction during surgery. As a result, it is impossible to tell how they will look once they're fully healed, at this stage.
The nipples are a lot lower than I wanted. I am hoping as things settle they will sit higher. If the double bubble issue and the position of the nipples don't improve by 12 months, we may need to consider revision. But it is much too early to tell!
What I didn't expect is to be hit with boob greed. I have only ever liked small, modest breasts, which is why we went with only 350cc's on my large 5'9" broad frame. But I must say, at the moment with all the swelling, I'm about a d-dd cup and it's amazing how quickly I've gotten used to them and how proportional they look on my frame. They dont look too big to me. They make me feel really sexy. Now I'm not so much looking forward to when the swelling goes down. Who knew? Oh well. I made my choice and I'll stick to it. I'd still be happy with a C cup if the boobs end up being boob-shaped, rather than tuberous!
The pain in my breasts is more of a pressure pain, because of the swelling. Everything is stiff and hard and sore. But it's bearable, I don't need any pain meds.
I have been using double-compression when I can (one compression garment over another) on tummy and breasts when I can. It's amazing how much this helps with swelling. I recommend it, day and night, if you're having swelling issues.
Healing is going well, although there is still significant swelling in my breasts, especially my left. The right breastfeeding continued to leak until Dr Matousek put a stitch in earlier this week. Since then the leaking has completely stopped.
The abdominoplasty part is healing perfectly and looks amazing. Pain is minimal and I am finally standing fully straight. The tuberous correction and augmentation is not perfect, but I can tell I have a lot of healing to do and there will be significant changes between now and the final outcome.
There is a possible 'double bubble' issue with both breasts from the tuberous correction. This is fairly common to tuberous corrections and it is because my body is trying to heal back to it's original state. There is a lot of swelling and a lot of deep bruising causing hard lumpiness in both breasts because of the release of the tuberous constriction during surgery. As a result, it is impossible to tell how they will look once they're fully healed, at this stage.
The nipples are a lot lower than I wanted. I am hoping as things settle they will sit higher. If the double bubble issue and the position of the nipples don't improve by 12 months, we may need to consider revision. But it is much too early to tell!
What I didn't expect is to be hit with boob greed. I have only ever liked small, modest breasts, which is why we went with only 350cc's on my large 5'9" broad frame. But I must say, at the moment with all the swelling, I'm about a d-dd cup and it's amazing how quickly I've gotten used to them and how proportional they look on my frame. They dont look too big to me. They make me feel really sexy. Now I'm not so much looking forward to when the swelling goes down. Who knew? Oh well. I made my choice and I'll stick to it. I'd still be happy with a C cup if the boobs end up being boob-shaped, rather than tuberous!
The pain in my breasts is more of a pressure pain, because of the swelling. Everything is stiff and hard and sore. But it's bearable, I don't need any pain meds.
I have been using double-compression when I can (one compression garment over another) on tummy and breasts when I can. It's amazing how much this helps with swelling. I recommend it, day and night, if you're having swelling issues.
Provider Review
Specialist Plastic Surgeon
18 Roslyn St., Potts Point, New South Wales