Is my bipple graft infected? ( there is vaseline on it ) It has more of a tan small area that looks like puss. Its not green just tannish. I dont see my surgeon for another week. Kind of worried. Been washing my chest with a water based mosturized soap. Not hard either,just letting water run over shoulder as instructed actually my surgeon said to let it run against but im sacred to. Ive been putting neosporin and vaseline.
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Hi,Thanks for the post. The bra number is not the main determinant of surgical technique. The technique mainly has to do with the size of the breast, how much excess skin there is, the skin tone, and the location of the nipples. Smaller breasts wit no skin excess and good skin tone do very well...
The nipple graft healing depends on the blood supply from underneath. Commonly, the top layer sloughs off, with fresh tissue underneath. Follow your plastic surgeon's wound care instructions. In the healing phase short-term, I advise patients to keep the nipple grafts moisturized. For long term...