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Michael Horn, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Wk#1 post capsulectomy and implant exchange Rt

I hope everyone is doing well here at realself! So here I am post op week 1 after going back 7mos my initial BA date. The first 2 days post op was not as easy as I thought. I was getting so much pain from the incision site although I was able to handle the "morning boob" but this time around I had to definitely take the 2 vicodin tabs every 4-6hrs as was prescribed compared to my initial BA which was more tolerable (as far as incision site but not the morning boob).. However, after 2 days, everything was almost back to normal. I did not told my BF about the revision as I know he would have another "#fit/#selfish moment/#he will never understand" moment so when I saw him Friday we were able to go to dinner and have sex (TMI) without any problem. I was scared that he would find out as I would be afraid to move about however, I just told him that I was not feeling too well and not to do anything chest-related so we took it easy (TMI again). But, all in all, I could not believe that it was not painful at all... like I did not have the revision! I was also able to sleep on my back without pillow elevation 2nd day post op and on my Lt side 4rth day post op. Laying on my Rt side was not too bad but only for a few minutes. As soon as the narcs wore off, I was able to drive my car Monday morning (which was 5 days post op) although using the Lt arm/hand more than the Rt as I am afraid of pulling anything. I am able to go back to work a week after which was yesterday without any problem at all. I guess because there was the pocket already that is why the recovery time is faster however the incision site still bugs me every now and then. I am able to lift my hands above my head and started massaging it already although I may have massaged to aggressively last night as sometime after the massage I felt a numbing tingling pain in the outer Rt side of the breast like "what the heck!!!"-- ice compressed helped but I had to take 1gm of tylenol.

So, in the pics, the Rt still looks high and swollen... I am hoping that it will descend in time as Dr. Horn did open up a little more pocket for descent although it is 20 more cc from the last implant. But if it does not then, I will just take this as it is but crossing my fingers... massage, massage, massage.

Bandage removal POD #1

Alright ladies, so the unveiling for the second time has been done. The final operation was a Rt breast capsulectomy as Dr. horn states that there was some mild capsular contraction although it was not very hard and he had to make a bigger pocket to accommodate the silicone hence, the incision had to be a little longer than the old one thus, the pain... It is all in the lower part where the stitch was and probably where most of the manipulation was done. At least I am able to move with the Lt. I think they look better than the first one... what do you think?

Pic for breast revision first 24 hrs...

Here's the pic... not sure why it did not upload earlier

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