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Worst of all
I still can't be topless around anyone. That's one thing, as a man, I thought I'd be able to do post a surgery like this. I wont go as far as saying botched, but in terms of appearance, I'm still 'unusual' all across, especially my chest.
4+ months post-op: Not Happy
4 months plus post-op now and I feel like I'm just as fat as before. Less in volume, but in terms of aesthetics.
I've been eating fairly well, working out, using my swelling garments intermittently, massaging regularly, including with ultrasound.
However. I still have large parts that are hard, and feel like scar tissue. This has especially collected at the bottom of my belly as you can see in the pics.
My gynecomastia, painfully, is still there. It seems to be getting pudgier and puffier as time goes on. When I raise my arms, I can't feel any gland behind (in my left I can a little), but when my arms are down in a natural position - man boobs, still.
I'm so disappointed. I went in for a follow up recently, only to be told a revision for the belly and chest would be around 6k. Are you serious?! I paid 7,600 the first time, I don't expect to pay an additional 6k over that, I may as well have had Vaser 4D / hi-def in that case.
I don't really know who to turn to at the moment. I've been losing weight, but the fat still seems to be constant over me.
For the next 3 months, im following a workout program and diet that I hope to enhance the results. I don't even mind the belly fat and lovehandles hanging over my clothes slightly (still), but the chest was a major deal for me - and the surgeon knew that. He said it was flat post-op, but he also said he only removed olive sized shape glands. I know for a fact mine would've been much bigger. I feel like it's tissue left over, or maybe a Seroma? I don't know. I'm just getting increasingly less confident because of it.
The first month was great, and now it's been getting worse over time. My confidence with my body was so high, and now I feel myself not being able to wear tshirts I've bought post-op, because the results didn't match up to what I thought I'd be getting.
What irks me most is that I've seen patients on here with a lot more fat and worse gyne pre-op, to get a much better result post-op.
What can I do?
I've been eating fairly well, working out, using my swelling garments intermittently, massaging regularly, including with ultrasound.
However. I still have large parts that are hard, and feel like scar tissue. This has especially collected at the bottom of my belly as you can see in the pics.
My gynecomastia, painfully, is still there. It seems to be getting pudgier and puffier as time goes on. When I raise my arms, I can't feel any gland behind (in my left I can a little), but when my arms are down in a natural position - man boobs, still.
I'm so disappointed. I went in for a follow up recently, only to be told a revision for the belly and chest would be around 6k. Are you serious?! I paid 7,600 the first time, I don't expect to pay an additional 6k over that, I may as well have had Vaser 4D / hi-def in that case.
I don't really know who to turn to at the moment. I've been losing weight, but the fat still seems to be constant over me.
For the next 3 months, im following a workout program and diet that I hope to enhance the results. I don't even mind the belly fat and lovehandles hanging over my clothes slightly (still), but the chest was a major deal for me - and the surgeon knew that. He said it was flat post-op, but he also said he only removed olive sized shape glands. I know for a fact mine would've been much bigger. I feel like it's tissue left over, or maybe a Seroma? I don't know. I'm just getting increasingly less confident because of it.
The first month was great, and now it's been getting worse over time. My confidence with my body was so high, and now I feel myself not being able to wear tshirts I've bought post-op, because the results didn't match up to what I thought I'd be getting.
What irks me most is that I've seen patients on here with a lot more fat and worse gyne pre-op, to get a much better result post-op.
What can I do?
Post-Op Week 6
So it's been a while since I updated. I'm 6 weeks/42 days post-op today. I imagine a lot of people who are following are pre-op and wondering about certain things so:
Do I look the way I thought I would, six weeks post-OP? No. I thought my stomach would be flat/wouldn't have a pouch at the bottom. I thought the swelling overall would have subsided by now. It hasn't.
There are days where I look literally the same as pre-OP (abdominally), purely from the swelling. Other days I look near flat, but still with ridges and hard lumps. I think I'm healing fairly slowly.
I'm tender in a lot of places, especially in the flanks. And, if for instance, someone patted me on the stomach, I would probably be in a bit of pain from that, which I thought wouldn't be the case six weeks post op.
I've had two more Radiofrequency treatments. The first one, she really dug into me and got a lot of the lumps and knots out and soften the scar tissue, the second one wasn't that helpful.
I'm hoping that once the lumps soften, it also means reduction in size in those areas, since if not, I would be extremely asymmetrical.
I think I need another three weeks or so, to tell how effective it's been for me.
In terms of the Gyno surgery, it's changed my life and given me confidence. It's not perfect, and I'm not too happy with how my nipples look but it's relatively flat, if not round in shape. It's at least a manlier looking chest allowing me to wear smaller tshirts and that's all I wanted originally. Again, I think this area swells up regularly so I don't think I've seen my final results yet.
I think I need another 3 weeks to start to realise how exactly my body is shaped, since this seems to regularly change.
Do I look the way I thought I would, six weeks post-OP? No. I thought my stomach would be flat/wouldn't have a pouch at the bottom. I thought the swelling overall would have subsided by now. It hasn't.
There are days where I look literally the same as pre-OP (abdominally), purely from the swelling. Other days I look near flat, but still with ridges and hard lumps. I think I'm healing fairly slowly.
I'm tender in a lot of places, especially in the flanks. And, if for instance, someone patted me on the stomach, I would probably be in a bit of pain from that, which I thought wouldn't be the case six weeks post op.
I've had two more Radiofrequency treatments. The first one, she really dug into me and got a lot of the lumps and knots out and soften the scar tissue, the second one wasn't that helpful.
I'm hoping that once the lumps soften, it also means reduction in size in those areas, since if not, I would be extremely asymmetrical.
I think I need another three weeks or so, to tell how effective it's been for me.
In terms of the Gyno surgery, it's changed my life and given me confidence. It's not perfect, and I'm not too happy with how my nipples look but it's relatively flat, if not round in shape. It's at least a manlier looking chest allowing me to wear smaller tshirts and that's all I wanted originally. Again, I think this area swells up regularly so I don't think I've seen my final results yet.
I think I need another 3 weeks to start to realise how exactly my body is shaped, since this seems to regularly change.
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