Areola Reduction

I'm scheduled in to have my areola reduction tomorrow. This is something I've wanted for as long as I can remember, I've always found it hard to find other experiences so I'll update with pictures once it's done.
I'm 20 yrs old, areola reduction only.

So I had my procedure 6th January in the morning. I was super nervous but my surgeon and nurses were amazing and made me feel at ease the whole time. The procedure was done under local and took about 1.5 hrs. I had no pain I could just feel sensations of tugging etc. i had my headphones in for the procedure to take my mind off it which I appreciated so much. I’m so beyond happy with my results so far, I know it’s a active recovery and there’s things I’m going to do to make sure healing goes well. The first night was the only time I had pain but was sorted with paracetamol and ibuprofen, by day 3 I haven’t had any more. I only struggle with sleeping on my back. I have had permanent sutures, I believe he said they were reduced to about 3cm but they will settle and slightly expand for that reason which obviously make sense but I’m hoping that’s all. As you can see it’s given me a slight lift as well which is a very nice surprise. I’ll carry on posting updates when I get the tapes off :)

Today is 3 weeks since my op, I unfortunately caught covid just after my surgery so that delayed me getting my tapes off so I’m slightly behind on healing but despite having my tapes on for 18 days instead of 7 they’re doing really good. I have some itchiness and puckering but that’s normal and will subside. Honestly the hardest thing about the process was sleeping on my back aha, I am back on slightly sleeping on my side and feel so much better. I’ll continue to update once I heal more.