Breast reduction 26yo: from 36GG to 36B

Still can’t feel my nipples. When I’m cold they don’t get hard. Doctor says it’s normal and that they’ll pop out in some time. I feel good despite my right breast still having a bit of coagulated blood. I explain everything in the previous update!

It has been almost a month since I updated this. Truth be told it has been a slow recovery. It turns out my left and right breasts have different recovering times because while my left breast is recovering just fine with the nipple still inwards - doctor says it’s going to pop out as it recovers. The right breast showed signs of being dark/purpleish and hard. So it turns out it had some coagulated blood inside that didn’t really come out through the drains after the surgery. Doctor says it takes 3 weeks after the blood coagulates to liquify again so last week she removed a lot of blood from my breast with a needle. The needle part was ok but she had to press different areas of the breast for the blood to come out as much as possible and it was unpleasant. Now it looks like I’ve got my right boob beaten up as you can see in the pictures, it looks dark but it’s not as hard inside and swollen. However it still has some coagulated blood there that the doctor will try to remove next friday (baaaaah, pray for me). The shitty part about this happening is that there isn’t enough blood going to the scar tissue. As you can see on my right breast pictures, the drain part and the nipple part are still in the early stages of healing. So here’s to wishing I got this coagulated blood out of the way quickly so my right boob can heal like the left one. I have no pain in either breast, thank god, but it’s hard to be patient during recovery because I want to go jogging and to exercise and to use other bras and a bikini to the beach and I can’t because my right breast is acting up :(

Overall, I still can’t believe I don’t have ginormous breasts anymore it’s such a big difference for me to see myself naked. I can’t even explain. It’s given me so much confidence that I even carry myself differently now. Even though they’re not in their final form yet and they still need to heal and nipples to pop out, I’m very happy with my decision. If it was entirely up to me they would be smaller than this but I know that if I lose 5kg they’ll look amazing and I can’t wait to start exercising. It’s also heavenly to finally be able to walk around without super tight bras. And to be able to breathe ok outdoors.

I haven’t made that many updates lately because my recovery has been very smooth and uneventful. I feel better and better everyday. Went to the doctor 8 days after the surgery and she took that big dressing off and applied these long sticky stripes along the scar (the ones visible in the pics). She said I could start sleeping on my side again if I wanted to and didn’t have to sleep with my torso elevated anymore. Told me to keep wearing post op bra (as seen in the pics) and that it would be a month until I could change bras and go to the beach. I haven’t had any pain for a quite a few days now and gained more mobility after my doc appointment - mainly because she took the big dressing off that was constraining my movements.
Boobs review:
I still think they’re too big. I wanted small boobs and even though my doctor says I am a 36B, and even though I’m wearing 36B bras I still feel like they could - would look better if smaller. The doctor told me they’re still swollen from surgery and will reduce within a month and the breasts’ form is a bit off as well.. she says it’s completely normal because fluids and the swollen parts. I sooooo hope she’s right. I can also lose 4/5 kgs and I’m sure they’ll reduce a bit as well but can’t really exercise yet and it’s driving me crazy. My nipples aren’t pointing outwards and that’s making me freak out a bit. They’re both inwards and I can’t really move the breast to make them come out. The doctor said that will take time as well and I’m hoping she’s right (again).
Being outdoors with my post op bra is so liberating. Being comfortable with my body without having to bind and compress my breasts and not having difficulties to breathe because of how tight my bras are... IS EVERYTHING. I’m not hunching over anymore. I’m not throwing a pile of scarves on my chest to cover my size. I’m not aware of how big my breasts are under any circumstances and it feels great. Sometimes my brain still panics because I feel so exposed. My post op bra is so comfortable that my brain doesn’t register I’m wearing one. I have to look down and make sure it’s isn’t some [RS bleep] nightmare and that my old boobs are not sagging down and spilling over the tiny bra.
I’m still so very happy. Even though I wish they were smaller, I’ll take this new size over my old one any day any time.