5 weeks post Revision Capsulorrhaphy Surgery for Lateral Displacement - Pittsburgh, PA

Yesterday I had surgery to repair lateral displacement for my right breast and a slight bottoming out for my left. I am posting this because when I was doingnmy research I couldn't find much about the surgery. My surgery went very well as far as I woke up feeling good and for the most part I am 31 hours out from surgery and while I'm swollen, I can manage the pain very well with percoset. I did do a detox of no alcohol or soda and tons of lean protein and FIGI water the weeks leading up to my surgery. That helped me process the anesthesia and should help me heal faster. I take the wrap off tomorrow to shower and will update how it looks. My original surgery came out amazing and looked totally natural so I hope this repair goes the same. The good news is that pain so far is way less than I read it would be.

Update: It's 4 days post surgery from my surgery. I'm less groggy. So basically what he did was put sutures internally to fix lateral displacement and bottoming out. Right now I am feeling pretty good. The pain has been minimal taking percoset. I can manage pain with 1 pill now and I am being extremely good. NOT using my arms at all. No lifting, pulling etc. I am very swollen in the middle of my breast to the point where the cleavage is raised up (but not painful) and it visually creeps me out. I took one shower and my breasts look like squares with how tight they are so I'm going to do a sponge bath and wash hair today - keeping myself in the compression bra. I have this $60 Under Armour bra. I highly recommend it. It's sized at 34D and you can control the compression. I have it on the tightest setting so that I literally don't move at all. that with the wrap and I can move without anything shifting so I think that helps with pain and I have zero bruising so far on day 4. My husband looked at my scars and they aren't even bruised which makes me happy. I do have gurgling and gushing sounds in my right breast which needed the most repair (and I'm right handed). For anyone considering this type of revision surgery FOR ME it has been way less swelling, was less painful and visually I am smaller and can hide the surgery a lot better. The hardest thing with 2 young kids is TAKING IT EASY. I really cant' use my hands and sleeping is tough trying to stay elevated but overall I am feeling pretty good. I will keep you updated on this recovery for anyone with lateral displacement freaking out over the reviews on how painful and awful it is- right now I'm saying its' NO where near the first surgery. :)

Well I took off my sports bra tonight and I felt like crying. My nipples are extremely low on the breasts and wide pointing to the sides, the incision area seems like it's "pinned" in and the breast looks like Frankenboob. My sternum is also very very raised and bruised. :( I couldn't stand to look at it and put the compression sports bra back on. I worry this bra could be too tight and making me have the issues but I can't imagine that would be the cause. So I'm researching and feeling sorry for my deformed self. I am praying this is NORMAL and it'll all settle in the end. Sigh..........does anyone know if wearing too much compression can be harmful?