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UPDATED FROM N45667
4 months post
An update..that doesn't say much :D
WORTH IT$2,500
Hi all!
I've been away from you for a while but hey! No news is also good news, I hear. And I really have NO news. Nothing new to report, no tragic nor miraculous turn of events - my nipples haven't fallen off but my scars haven't vanished either.
Some of yall know I started work a few weeks ago so I guess I'd like to confess that I have proudly told my colleagues about my surgery. The reactions ranged from mournful "Whyyyy?!"-s from the men to surprised "Reeeally??"-s from the ladies but after that it was all flattery and good vibes. Nobody mentioned the scars if they even noticed them - I work in a cabaret so sometimes the scars on the sides are out depending on the uniform that day - and the people to whom I actually pointed my scars out to were like "Yeah...and?". Bless them all :3
I guess what I'm trying to say is that although the scarring was never a deterrent for me getting the surgery (I know it's close to a dealbreaker for some ) I was suprised that it actually mattered to me how people close to me (and especially any guys I date from now on) would feel about my scars. It took me a while to admit to myself that it mattered.. like I felt ashamed of myself for caring about what others think. My scars don't bother ME..but what if I met a great guy who didn't mind the surgery (he didn't know me when I had sandbags, right?) but DID feel weird about my raised scars? And I don't mean how the scars LOOK, cos you can ignore how they look..I mean how they feel.
My friends don't comment anymore because it's now just a normal part of me, like a leg or an ear. My boobs, scars and surgery aren't a hot topic - and that's nice. Because everyone else has just moved on I now constantly forget that I actually.had.surgery :D That I've only had these breasts for 4 months and 3 days! They just feel right, you know?
I guess I just wanted to share some of the minor emotional discoveries but in terms of swelling, scars etc? It's pretty much the same as my last update :) Soon I will share some pics with some new triangle bras I ordered so look forward to that!
Happy healing!
I've been away from you for a while but hey! No news is also good news, I hear. And I really have NO news. Nothing new to report, no tragic nor miraculous turn of events - my nipples haven't fallen off but my scars haven't vanished either.
Some of yall know I started work a few weeks ago so I guess I'd like to confess that I have proudly told my colleagues about my surgery. The reactions ranged from mournful "Whyyyy?!"-s from the men to surprised "Reeeally??"-s from the ladies but after that it was all flattery and good vibes. Nobody mentioned the scars if they even noticed them - I work in a cabaret so sometimes the scars on the sides are out depending on the uniform that day - and the people to whom I actually pointed my scars out to were like "Yeah...and?". Bless them all :3
I guess what I'm trying to say is that although the scarring was never a deterrent for me getting the surgery (I know it's close to a dealbreaker for some ) I was suprised that it actually mattered to me how people close to me (and especially any guys I date from now on) would feel about my scars. It took me a while to admit to myself that it mattered.. like I felt ashamed of myself for caring about what others think. My scars don't bother ME..but what if I met a great guy who didn't mind the surgery (he didn't know me when I had sandbags, right?) but DID feel weird about my raised scars? And I don't mean how the scars LOOK, cos you can ignore how they look..I mean how they feel.
My friends don't comment anymore because it's now just a normal part of me, like a leg or an ear. My boobs, scars and surgery aren't a hot topic - and that's nice. Because everyone else has just moved on I now constantly forget that I actually.had.surgery :D That I've only had these breasts for 4 months and 3 days! They just feel right, you know?
I guess I just wanted to share some of the minor emotional discoveries but in terms of swelling, scars etc? It's pretty much the same as my last update :) Soon I will share some pics with some new triangle bras I ordered so look forward to that!
Happy healing!
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Replies (4)
June 3, 2016
You look fantastic. Your boobs are perfect. Congratulations on such a fabulous result and well done Dr Nogueira!
August 19, 2016
Thanks for sharing your story. I am considering a br (I'm a 36g) but not sure if I'll have more children so one of the biggies for me is nipple sensation and being able to breastfeed. Do you mind me asking if you have sensation and if it is different than before your br?
August 25, 2016
How are you these days? Still loving your "new" boobs? Have your boobs finally settle and swelling completely gone by now? fully healed? I hope that you are gr8.
UPDATED FROM N45667
3 months post
There's tape and then there's Tape.
I have discovered that my raised scars don't like tape, or atleast not microporous tape. Like, at all. They got irritated and it was really uncomfortable. I felt like I was doing more harm than good!
One of you ladies mentioned the Mepitac tape - it seems to be the best of both worlds - Silicone and Tape :D so I'm thinking of trying that instead but I'd be lying if I said I was in a hurry.... Back to the oils and butters for now.
Tape aside, I think my scars are entering another itchy phase - I haven't taped them for a week but they are starting to itch something fierce, like I-want-to-put-my-breasts-through-a-grinder-for-relief kind of fierce... The struggle is real!
One of you ladies mentioned the Mepitac tape - it seems to be the best of both worlds - Silicone and Tape :D so I'm thinking of trying that instead but I'd be lying if I said I was in a hurry.... Back to the oils and butters for now.
Tape aside, I think my scars are entering another itchy phase - I haven't taped them for a week but they are starting to itch something fierce, like I-want-to-put-my-breasts-through-a-grinder-for-relief kind of fierce... The struggle is real!
Replies (3)
February 15, 2016
Might have been me who recommended mepitac tape - I absolutely love it!!!! It's very different than the blue 3m tape since it's actually silicone based so your scars don't get super dry like with the 3m tape. Plus, it's way easier to remove.
February 16, 2016
Great reassurence, thanks anony1234. I read about Mepitac somewhere during my pre-op research but nobody here mentioned it until you so I will definitely try it. Wish me luck!
February 17, 2016
Good luck! When you put it on, try to keep some tension to it so that it feels slightly tight against your skin. It'll actually feel good because it'll help take the stress off your scars and support your breasts. I'm 3 months post op and if I don't wear the tape, at the end of a day my scars become rather achy so not only is the tape helping my scars stay flat, it's also helping me feel better!
March 17, 2016
I've ordered it! It should come tomorrow, I am actually quite excited! I noticed my side scars become flat under my compression bras and raise gradually without said compression. I don't know how I didn't see it before!
March 17, 2016
Yay! Let me know how it works out for you. I'm in love with tape, I'm still using it 4 months post op!!!!!
March 5, 2016
Hi, I am planning on doing surgery with your doctor. Did you book this through lowcosmetic.com? He requires you to pay the full amount of the surgery before you get there and that makes me nervous as I will be traveling from USA. Did you stay at a recovery house in Madrid?
March 8, 2016
@naomi I read your final piece and got all of my questions answered. Wow, this is the most thorough review I've ever read. Thank you so much. I'll made sure to do the same.
March 16, 2016
Hi yanaie pop,
I've been away from realself for a while but I'm glad my review spoke for me :D. Don't worry at all about the payment thing - I paid in cash when I got there because the whole tranfer thing looked way too complicated. It seems too good to be true, especially with the difference in price (min £5000 in UK but £2000 in Spain? I was worried I'd wake up without a kidney or something) but it really is as simple as the site says. What you read in my revue is the honest truth. I didn't stay in a recovery house because it's not necessary after the BR specifically but I would HIGHLY recommend you stay at the Aravaca Village hotel if you're going to have your surgery with Nogueira :) please don't hesitate to ask me if you have any other questions!
I've been away from realself for a while but I'm glad my review spoke for me :D. Don't worry at all about the payment thing - I paid in cash when I got there because the whole tranfer thing looked way too complicated. It seems too good to be true, especially with the difference in price (min £5000 in UK but £2000 in Spain? I was worried I'd wake up without a kidney or something) but it really is as simple as the site says. What you read in my revue is the honest truth. I didn't stay in a recovery house because it's not necessary after the BR specifically but I would HIGHLY recommend you stay at the Aravaca Village hotel if you're going to have your surgery with Nogueira :) please don't hesitate to ask me if you have any other questions!
UPDATED FROM N45667
3 months post
Taping :) and a Rant :(
Hi all,
I've decided to combine taping with my moisturising routine. To explain myself - due to the cut of my uniform, I can't actually wear my compression bras to work so I was either wearing no bra or a normal wireless with no support whatsoever.. which defeats the purpose and resulted in more swelling. But that was kind of expected anyway. What worried me into making this decision was that I noticed more numbness along with the swelling - I only discovered the numbness after a couple of colleagues elbowed me in the boob during a busy night last week and, as I braced myself for the pain, felt... nothing. Absolutely nothing! My boobs had been completely numb for a while which explained why they hadn't been giving me any grief about how active I'd been. I also noticed that they've digressed into being more agitated, like they were around weeks 4-6, so I've had to come to terms with the dawning possibility of oils and cocoa butter alone just not being able to cut it when I'm working.
I've been snooping through a lot of the comments on here and some of you ladies have been prescribed the best of both worlds - tape for a couple of days, moisturise for a couple days, repeat. I've mentioned before that oils really work best for me. At one point someone here made me look like a bit of an idiot, replying that moisturising will eventually fade anyone's scars anyway, no matter what you use; basically belittled what I had to say and that hurt me. My comment was based on what I know about my body. I sincerely doubt that moisturising your acne scars with Loreal Perfection will regenerate the skin until they disappear or, likewise, do away with stretch marks. And I also doubt that coconut or olive oil works for everyone under the sun - some people's skin just don't do oils and that's normal - we're all different! I hope that I haven't given the impression that I am speaking for everybody - I always explicitly say "I, me, my" - just the same way I really wish people wouldn't patronise my comments - with all due respect, they are based on very personal, critically reflective observations of *MY* body and how *I KNOW* my skin reacts to this and that. I express my observations here in the hopes that maybe what works for me might help somebody else, too, and I don't appreciate that intention of mine being distorted and the information I'm sharing being branded silly and inconsequential :(. Rant over...
Back to the topic - ya'll know I love my oils! They are the only thing that blend my scars, to the point of non-existence, as you can obviously see with my vertical one :). I don't usually get hypertrophic scars (apart from 1 or 2 from the playground, and what 8 year old tomboy cares about scar treatment...) but I did develop them in mirrored spots on each breast after the incisions healed. If I was able to continue wearing my compression bras 24/7 for the next 6 months then I would've continued with just moisturising them as my PS recommended. But a girl's gotta eat, so as of today I'll be taping for most of the week when I have work, to stop the scars from stretching and help them flatten , and then I'll moisturise when I know I have a full 48 hrs to wear my compression bras.
Have any of you ladies started taping a few weeks in? Did it help flatten any raised scars? My PS never taped my incisions, does anyone else have the same experience? Or is it weird that I didn't get taped..?
I've decided to combine taping with my moisturising routine. To explain myself - due to the cut of my uniform, I can't actually wear my compression bras to work so I was either wearing no bra or a normal wireless with no support whatsoever.. which defeats the purpose and resulted in more swelling. But that was kind of expected anyway. What worried me into making this decision was that I noticed more numbness along with the swelling - I only discovered the numbness after a couple of colleagues elbowed me in the boob during a busy night last week and, as I braced myself for the pain, felt... nothing. Absolutely nothing! My boobs had been completely numb for a while which explained why they hadn't been giving me any grief about how active I'd been. I also noticed that they've digressed into being more agitated, like they were around weeks 4-6, so I've had to come to terms with the dawning possibility of oils and cocoa butter alone just not being able to cut it when I'm working.
I've been snooping through a lot of the comments on here and some of you ladies have been prescribed the best of both worlds - tape for a couple of days, moisturise for a couple days, repeat. I've mentioned before that oils really work best for me. At one point someone here made me look like a bit of an idiot, replying that moisturising will eventually fade anyone's scars anyway, no matter what you use; basically belittled what I had to say and that hurt me. My comment was based on what I know about my body. I sincerely doubt that moisturising your acne scars with Loreal Perfection will regenerate the skin until they disappear or, likewise, do away with stretch marks. And I also doubt that coconut or olive oil works for everyone under the sun - some people's skin just don't do oils and that's normal - we're all different! I hope that I haven't given the impression that I am speaking for everybody - I always explicitly say "I, me, my" - just the same way I really wish people wouldn't patronise my comments - with all due respect, they are based on very personal, critically reflective observations of *MY* body and how *I KNOW* my skin reacts to this and that. I express my observations here in the hopes that maybe what works for me might help somebody else, too, and I don't appreciate that intention of mine being distorted and the information I'm sharing being branded silly and inconsequential :(. Rant over...
Back to the topic - ya'll know I love my oils! They are the only thing that blend my scars, to the point of non-existence, as you can obviously see with my vertical one :). I don't usually get hypertrophic scars (apart from 1 or 2 from the playground, and what 8 year old tomboy cares about scar treatment...) but I did develop them in mirrored spots on each breast after the incisions healed. If I was able to continue wearing my compression bras 24/7 for the next 6 months then I would've continued with just moisturising them as my PS recommended. But a girl's gotta eat, so as of today I'll be taping for most of the week when I have work, to stop the scars from stretching and help them flatten , and then I'll moisturise when I know I have a full 48 hrs to wear my compression bras.
Have any of you ladies started taping a few weeks in? Did it help flatten any raised scars? My PS never taped my incisions, does anyone else have the same experience? Or is it weird that I didn't get taped..?
Replies (1)
February 2, 2016
You should absolutely tape! I have taped extensively after my revision starting at about 5 weeks post op and there's a huge difference between How my scars look this time around vs after my original surgery when I did not tape at all.
I use the mepitac silicone tape sold on Amazon as I find it is the most comfortable and comes off super easily. I have also tried the blue 3m sensitive tape ( a lot cheaper) but it's just not as good and my scars end up looking more red on the days I wear the 3m tape. I generally wear the tape all the time but for about 10 minutes before I shower, I do my massage with cocoa butter and lotion. Super pleased with how things are turning out so I definitely recommend you give it a shot!
My doctor also said nothing about taping but from what I had seen on this site, the women who taped had scars that looked so much better so that's why I started doing it myself.
I use the mepitac silicone tape sold on Amazon as I find it is the most comfortable and comes off super easily. I have also tried the blue 3m sensitive tape ( a lot cheaper) but it's just not as good and my scars end up looking more red on the days I wear the 3m tape. I generally wear the tape all the time but for about 10 minutes before I shower, I do my massage with cocoa butter and lotion. Super pleased with how things are turning out so I definitely recommend you give it a shot!
My doctor also said nothing about taping but from what I had seen on this site, the women who taped had scars that looked so much better so that's why I started doing it myself.
Wishing you all the best!