I'm a little concerned that my chest isn't as flat as I had hoped. It's significantly better (I don't have pre-op pictures, but I can tell you that my chest looks 100x better than it did before). Still, it's not completely flat and there is a hard lump I can feel right underneath my nipple (pretty much near where the surgery was done). The surgery was an excision + lipo. The doctor told me that the entire gland would not be taken out in order to avoid cratering,but he assured that most was gone.
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Puffy nipples is normal for guys going through puberty, in over 90% of the cases it will resolve on its own, usually within a couple of months to a couple of years. If you still have it after puberty it most likely will be permanent. Puffy nipples improve with coldness because a muscle in the...
I tell my patients that they are able to drive a car a few days after surgery as long as they are no longer taking any pain medication that could affect their driving ability. Best to check with your surgeon. Good luck.
It sounds like you are describing a "crater deformity" which is caused by removing too much tissue, it can be corrected with a fat transfer or fat grafting once you are fully healed from the original surgery. Developing your chest muscles will not correct this. Find a plastic surgeon that...