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Not quite 2 months
Been using the silicone scar strips (pictured) almost constantly. The boob with extra areola is really starting to look odd, but I still haven't decided if I'll get it fixed or not.
My breasts are also very wide at the base. I don't know if they were always like that -- I don't think they were, but maybe the surgery and lipo accentuated it? I'm not used to the shape, and it seems like my boobs are very wide now and I have a lot more armpit fat than before.
I use silicone strips that I bought on Amazon called ScarAway. I really like them, and they're easy to apply, wash, and reuse. I dry them on a towel.
I hope that working out and wearing underwire bras will help keep my boobs...boob-shaped. I don't like how chubby they are on my sides, and bras that give me cleavage seem to accentuate how wide my chest is now!
Still, these are minor complaints. Getting on the treadmill was magical: I can focus on my stride and my foot position without holding my breasts down with my arms or letting them slosh all around! I can inhale while laying on my back!
I definitely feel like this surgery was a good decision. My breasts weren't perfect before. Now they're not perfect in a different way, and I need to get used to them.
My breasts are also very wide at the base. I don't know if they were always like that -- I don't think they were, but maybe the surgery and lipo accentuated it? I'm not used to the shape, and it seems like my boobs are very wide now and I have a lot more armpit fat than before.
I use silicone strips that I bought on Amazon called ScarAway. I really like them, and they're easy to apply, wash, and reuse. I dry them on a towel.
I hope that working out and wearing underwire bras will help keep my boobs...boob-shaped. I don't like how chubby they are on my sides, and bras that give me cleavage seem to accentuate how wide my chest is now!
Still, these are minor complaints. Getting on the treadmill was magical: I can focus on my stride and my foot position without holding my breasts down with my arms or letting them slosh all around! I can inhale while laying on my back!
I definitely feel like this surgery was a good decision. My breasts weren't perfect before. Now they're not perfect in a different way, and I need to get used to them.
Last post-op checkup
I went in for my final post-op checkup a couple of days ago, and everything is healing right on target!
Lefty has been incessantly itchy, which Dr Kelley says could be a histamine reaction OR my nerves healing. It's inside my boob, not on the skin, so it's unscratchable, which has been driving me absolutely crazy. But there's nothing I can do about it except load up on allergy meds :( . It's been over a week of itching and I'm SO ready for it to stop!
On my right breast, there's a bit of the skin along my incision that looks almost like my areola tissue is fleeing the circular boundary. When I asked about it, she told me that she wasn't able to fully excise that tissue, and thought that it'd be better to leave the small cosmetic defect instead of removing it and leaving my skin so tight I was at risk of busting a seam. I really appreciate how knowledgeable she is!
She said that once I've healed and the skin has had time to stretch out, she can slice that part out and stitch me back up if I want. We'll see how I feel. I'm not a model or anything, so I don't need them to be perfect. For now I'm perfectly satisfied with the reasonable explanation that it was not an error, but a judgement call. Pic is attached for visual clarification.
Dr Kelley has changed my life! I'm fully cleared to exercise and lift weights again -- good thing, too, because I wrestled a 3 year old at my family holiday party, and he was definitely over my previous weight limit!
I can't wait to get back to the gym and see if I can keep transforming my body into something more fit than flab.
I'm still considering lipo, but based on how my flanks are still kinda numb, that's definitely not going to be my first option. I'd rather lose the fat the old fashioned way if I can, since I've gotta hit the gym anyway to work out all my dating and work aggression hahaha.
I'm still working through the fact that I don't have huge breasts anymore. I'm now a 34D, according to the specialty bra shop in town where I got fitted yesterday (the one that told me years ago that I was a G cup). I feel good about the positive impacts it'll have on my health and wardrobe budget; but I also worry that I've removed the only physical aspect of myself that was attractive to men. I'm kinda average now.
Next week I'll leave my parents house where I've been recovering and I'll go back home to my drawers full of FF bras and closets full of oversized t-shirts. I'm wondering how much of my clothing will still fit me. Thinking about dating without my boobs to fill out my dresses fills me with a bit of dread.
2019 is going to be an interesting year, I guess.
Lefty has been incessantly itchy, which Dr Kelley says could be a histamine reaction OR my nerves healing. It's inside my boob, not on the skin, so it's unscratchable, which has been driving me absolutely crazy. But there's nothing I can do about it except load up on allergy meds :( . It's been over a week of itching and I'm SO ready for it to stop!
On my right breast, there's a bit of the skin along my incision that looks almost like my areola tissue is fleeing the circular boundary. When I asked about it, she told me that she wasn't able to fully excise that tissue, and thought that it'd be better to leave the small cosmetic defect instead of removing it and leaving my skin so tight I was at risk of busting a seam. I really appreciate how knowledgeable she is!
She said that once I've healed and the skin has had time to stretch out, she can slice that part out and stitch me back up if I want. We'll see how I feel. I'm not a model or anything, so I don't need them to be perfect. For now I'm perfectly satisfied with the reasonable explanation that it was not an error, but a judgement call. Pic is attached for visual clarification.
Dr Kelley has changed my life! I'm fully cleared to exercise and lift weights again -- good thing, too, because I wrestled a 3 year old at my family holiday party, and he was definitely over my previous weight limit!
I can't wait to get back to the gym and see if I can keep transforming my body into something more fit than flab.
I'm still considering lipo, but based on how my flanks are still kinda numb, that's definitely not going to be my first option. I'd rather lose the fat the old fashioned way if I can, since I've gotta hit the gym anyway to work out all my dating and work aggression hahaha.
I'm still working through the fact that I don't have huge breasts anymore. I'm now a 34D, according to the specialty bra shop in town where I got fitted yesterday (the one that told me years ago that I was a G cup). I feel good about the positive impacts it'll have on my health and wardrobe budget; but I also worry that I've removed the only physical aspect of myself that was attractive to men. I'm kinda average now.
Next week I'll leave my parents house where I've been recovering and I'll go back home to my drawers full of FF bras and closets full of oversized t-shirts. I'm wondering how much of my clothing will still fit me. Thinking about dating without my boobs to fill out my dresses fills me with a bit of dread.
2019 is going to be an interesting year, I guess.
No more gauze
My incisions have finally healed enough that I won't be sticking panty liners into my bra or taping gauze to my boobs anymore.
The flaky stuff that looks like dead/dried skin is actually surgical glue. I never scrubbed it off after surgery, since it was doing such a good job of holding my skin together! I peeled more off after I took these pics, but I still have a lot, esp in the nipple area. It's still stuck on me pretty tight, and I don't want to accidentally rip my skin open!
The weird little patches are silicone scar tape. I still have some sutures poking out, but once they're trimmed in 2 days, I'll use silicone strips across all the scars.
The pic with my arm up shows how much weird armpit boob I have. It's my only complaint - I used to have really good distinction between boob and armpit, and I'm not in love with the contouring there... But it's such a minor complaint. It'll probably get better as the swelling lessens (since I didn't have drains, I'm still dealing with a LOT of swelling!!)
Check out my before and after pics in the surgical bra!!! Such an impressive difference!
The flaky stuff that looks like dead/dried skin is actually surgical glue. I never scrubbed it off after surgery, since it was doing such a good job of holding my skin together! I peeled more off after I took these pics, but I still have a lot, esp in the nipple area. It's still stuck on me pretty tight, and I don't want to accidentally rip my skin open!
The weird little patches are silicone scar tape. I still have some sutures poking out, but once they're trimmed in 2 days, I'll use silicone strips across all the scars.
The pic with my arm up shows how much weird armpit boob I have. It's my only complaint - I used to have really good distinction between boob and armpit, and I'm not in love with the contouring there... But it's such a minor complaint. It'll probably get better as the swelling lessens (since I didn't have drains, I'm still dealing with a LOT of swelling!!)
Check out my before and after pics in the surgical bra!!! Such an impressive difference!
Provider Review
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
170 W. 106th Street, Carmel, Indiana
Dr Kelley is Fantastic! Knowledgeable, kind, and non judgemental. Very professional and caring, she and her staff were everything I could have hoped for. The surgical center was clean and the process was very streamlined. Her patient coordinator Michelle was incredibly helpful when dealing with my insurance.