Second areola reduction - the areola stretched back out

One year ago I had an areola reduction and a surgery that fixed my tubular breasts, my first surgery was on October 15th 2020 and the second surgery was November 1st 2021. Because of the weight of my breasts the areola stretched back out (not as big as they were before surgery). My breasts also had some discoloration on the circumference of my areola that came back, maybe from hormones my plastic surgeon doesn't really know exactly why.I was gonna get my areolas tattooed since my areola continued outside of my scar from the surgery but I decided to get another areola reduction. This time my surgeon didn't have to fix my tubular breasts since he did that last year. He did the same procedure, the benelli lift but he used permanent sutures. Usually they don't use permanent ones because normally you don't need it. The healing also looks worse since the sutures don't dissolve so it takes longer for them to flatten.The possibility of infection is also higher with permanent sutures but it was needed for me so my areola doesn't stretch out the same way it did last time. I don't really have any good pictures before surgery so it might be hard to tell what they looked like beforehand. Unlike last year this time I am trying to use less painkillers so I feel more sore after surgery than last time. But the pain isn't overwhelming and I am still taking the painkillers, just not as much.

I was in a lot of pain the first two days post op. The third and fourth day I felt barely any pain. I did come down with a cold though which thankfully happened on day 3 so I didn’t have to deal with being in pain and sick. My breasts are starting to bruise yellow now. In 4 days I’m going to my plastic surgeon were he’ll remove the tape and check that everything looks good. I am exited to see what they look like. I’ll probably update again after my appointment.

Okay so I removed the tape 2 days before going to my surgeon since he said it was okay if I did. These pictures are 6 days post op, I don’t have any newer pictures even though I am now on my 10th day post op. My surgeon did say that my right areola is smaller, probably from him pulling it tighter but he said that it should stretch out since he cut both areolas the same size. I hope he’s right and it does stretch out but otherwise I’ll probably get it tattooed. I am still glad that my right areola is smaller since so is my breast compared to my left. In 5 days I get my stitches taken out which is very exciting, I will post a picture after that. I’ I will still probably post one more before taking the stitches out. The worst part right now is that my breasts are uncomfortable from wearing a bra all the time. I have also now started doing things like shopping and hanging out with friends even though I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t lol. Thankfully I did catch a cold earlier because if I hadn’t I would’ve probably gone out with my friends when I know I wasn’t supposed to. Staying home without doing anything is really hard. Anyways I’ll keep you guys posted on my recovery.