I finally pulled the trigger and it has been the best decision I have ever made

Some photos have poor lightening. I wasn’t intending on sharing these but thought they might help.

I want to write this post for anyone who is considering this surgery and is on the fence and is unsure like I was. I finally pulled the trigger and it has been the best decision I have ever made. If this is something you're wanting and actually can benefit from this surgery. Than I highly suggest that you stop putting it off and put yourself first and make yourself happy. If you're scared you have absolutely no reason to be. I pulled the trigger during this pandemic since I had planned this in advance. If you're wondering about how much time off you need, I would say, take at least a week. (Minimum. I'm not sure how others were able to return to work so quickly but like the DR says, "everyone heals differently") I iced every day for about 3 weeks. I was not put under, I was given the numbing shots and couldn't feel anything during the procedure. Afterwards i did experience pain so i recommend taking the pain meds as soon as the procedure is done (so it doesn't ware off and the meds haven't kicked in... this actually happened to me and it was extremely painful to experience. So highly recommend that.) after the first day that pain is gone. The pain you experience is more extreme pressure which makes it hurt to stand long for the first few weeks while you're healing. It doesn't hurt at all to pee (which i was very surprised by this) i highly recommend the neosporin on your gauze and i would use the big gauze over any period pad (it just wasn't as comfortable as the gauze was with the ice pack) the neosporin just helped make it feel cooler when i put the ice pack on it and it just gave me much more relief. The DR said, not to use this a lot bc it can cause irritation... i didn't know this at first or at least didn't remember but was fine just have to be careful and make sure you're actually really cleaning so you don't get an infection. My skin turned hard (I've read about this so i was prepared) but within i believe week 4 or 5 this was gone since all swelling/bruising was gone by then. I have absolutely no issues with sensations or feelings. I would say, I'm actually a lot more sensitive (in a good way) my DR only charged me $2,000.00 while many others were in the range of $5,000.00+ depending on the location chosen. I visited my surgeon 3 times before finally pulling the trigger with the surgery. I wanted to feel him out and make sure i felt comfortable with him and everything that was going to happen. Considering this is my sex life on the line essentially lol. Lastly, I had a lot of anxiety but the DR prescribed me a Xanax prior to the procedure and once I took that -nothing really made me nervous anymore so you could ask your DR for something like that if you can’t just get over it mentally. Also, HIGHLY suggest my doctor as he is not only a surgeon but an artist.