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Almost done
Almost entirely healed. All of my scabs are gone. I have been putting steri tape over the pink scarred areas daily to give them some support. Feels completely normal and the tugging I felt on the stitch on my right breast went away in a couple days.
Round 2 of liposuction + areola reduction
11/10 Day 1, anesthetic worked wonders. Great mood. Good energy. No pain. Can’t take covers off until 1 week checkup. Wondering what’s going on down there. Small gush of blood from nipple incision in the middle of the night when I wasn’t moving around.
11/11 Day 2, intense burning around nipples, can barely feel incision below breast, some soreness to right breast. Hard to sleep. Set timer on phone for every 4 hours. The hydrocodone makes me itchy on the rest of my body but not terribly. Started taking nausea meds since I realized I hadn’t been eating much. Should have started sooner.
11/12 Day 3, nipples calmed down. Slept much better. Can feel lower incision but not painful . Need pain meds less often.
11/15 Day 6 I didn’t take any pain meds at all. Slight itching but nothing bad. Not very sore either. I took the foam cups out of the sports bra SheFit.
11/16 Day 7 No pain meds again. I took off the super tight sports bra and am wearing another tight sports bra that zips in the front wit no foam cups. It is more comfortable around the ribs. I got sweaty so I removed the bottom gauze. It was mildly stuck tot he scab but was easy enough to coerce off without ripping it open too much. It looks much better than last time when they had to dig for and cut out the stitch.
11/17 1 week follow up appointment. They took out the stitches from my liposuction wound. Mild stinging. They removed the gauze from my nipples but left the tape.
11/18 I removed the foam cups from the shaft bra to make it fit more properly. Since my nipples aren’t as sensitive now, this will be better for my liposuction healing.
11/20 the ends of the sutures were uncovered on Wednesday then the gauze was removed. The sutures stick out form under the steristrips. They can rub against your bra and be uncomfortable.i dded a small bandaid to hold down the ends so they don’t tug.
11/22 The last week has been painless except f0r waking up this morning my nipples were pretty sore. I think this is due to putting on a sports bra thats more tight at night. I found tat the shefit bra did not compress at night as gravity brought my breasts flatter the fabric did not reach even with adjustment of the straps. My nipples were itchy last night.
I realized that a portion of my sutures were infected, likely form being soaked as it was the spot where the big surge of liquid came form night one. I noticed due to the foul smell. I removed the steristrip in that region, which was not easy because the dissolvable sutures were sticking to the moisture o the soaked steristrip. The skin around it was raw and pink. I have begun asking my nipples once a day with an unscented antimicrobial soap (dial brand) and can already see the area improving.
11/23 Some itching but less pain. The infected region is starting to dry out and form a proper scab. I pulled back some of the steristrips as I am afraid of the pain of them sticking theta the wound when they remove them tomorrow. The other area that were not infected look pretty good but the skin is surprisingly not super attached on the surface level because of the dissolvable sticks perhaps.
11/24 2 week follow up appointment. I can drink and exercise now. The steristrips and sutures were removed.
11/26 Some parts of the incisions are not closing and are pulling apart. This is likely due to emerging / rejected dissolvable sutures. I am getting scheduled to have them removed so that I can continue healing.
3 weeks out - going in today to get the rest of my dissolvable sutures removed that are not closing. 100% recommend buying a pack or 2of steristrips as they did not give me enough. Also, the bra they recommended works better for larger breasts. I am downsizing so it didn’t give me support here the mass of the breast is. I got a $20 sports bra form target that zips in the front and took the cups out. I got a size too small so that its a bit difficult to zip up. This gives way better all around compression and I wish I had it earlier. I probably could have reduced swelling much earlier if I had this since at night when my breasts flattened out while sleeping, they were not compressing properly. They pulled out a lot of sutures that weren’t dissolving. They say because I am young and my body is responding strongly to foreign bodies.
3 weeks and 2 days later - I can see that the spaces where the sutures were are now closing
3.5 weeks out - I had one day where my breast was very sore but nothing terrible
4 weeks later - everything is itchy but not as bad as before. I started applying unscented Cerave lotion to my breasts and nipples where they are healed. I wash the bra every 3 days to prevent too much build up. The earring where it was not healing will likely be an issue.
5.5 weeks later - When not wearing a bra I can sort of feel a tiny tug on the internal permanent stitch in the right larger breast. I wonder if that will ease as the strength is regained in the tissue. Otherwise the feeling is unstable and the incisions have closed almost entirely except for a few dissolvable sutures that appeared and still need to be removed. I am wearing the silicon pads all day every day and have some tape underneath where the sutures are causing it not to heal.
11/11 Day 2, intense burning around nipples, can barely feel incision below breast, some soreness to right breast. Hard to sleep. Set timer on phone for every 4 hours. The hydrocodone makes me itchy on the rest of my body but not terribly. Started taking nausea meds since I realized I hadn’t been eating much. Should have started sooner.
11/12 Day 3, nipples calmed down. Slept much better. Can feel lower incision but not painful . Need pain meds less often.
11/15 Day 6 I didn’t take any pain meds at all. Slight itching but nothing bad. Not very sore either. I took the foam cups out of the sports bra SheFit.
11/16 Day 7 No pain meds again. I took off the super tight sports bra and am wearing another tight sports bra that zips in the front wit no foam cups. It is more comfortable around the ribs. I got sweaty so I removed the bottom gauze. It was mildly stuck tot he scab but was easy enough to coerce off without ripping it open too much. It looks much better than last time when they had to dig for and cut out the stitch.
11/17 1 week follow up appointment. They took out the stitches from my liposuction wound. Mild stinging. They removed the gauze from my nipples but left the tape.
11/18 I removed the foam cups from the shaft bra to make it fit more properly. Since my nipples aren’t as sensitive now, this will be better for my liposuction healing.
11/20 the ends of the sutures were uncovered on Wednesday then the gauze was removed. The sutures stick out form under the steristrips. They can rub against your bra and be uncomfortable.i dded a small bandaid to hold down the ends so they don’t tug.
11/22 The last week has been painless except f0r waking up this morning my nipples were pretty sore. I think this is due to putting on a sports bra thats more tight at night. I found tat the shefit bra did not compress at night as gravity brought my breasts flatter the fabric did not reach even with adjustment of the straps. My nipples were itchy last night.
I realized that a portion of my sutures were infected, likely form being soaked as it was the spot where the big surge of liquid came form night one. I noticed due to the foul smell. I removed the steristrip in that region, which was not easy because the dissolvable sutures were sticking to the moisture o the soaked steristrip. The skin around it was raw and pink. I have begun asking my nipples once a day with an unscented antimicrobial soap (dial brand) and can already see the area improving.
11/23 Some itching but less pain. The infected region is starting to dry out and form a proper scab. I pulled back some of the steristrips as I am afraid of the pain of them sticking theta the wound when they remove them tomorrow. The other area that were not infected look pretty good but the skin is surprisingly not super attached on the surface level because of the dissolvable sticks perhaps.
11/24 2 week follow up appointment. I can drink and exercise now. The steristrips and sutures were removed.
11/26 Some parts of the incisions are not closing and are pulling apart. This is likely due to emerging / rejected dissolvable sutures. I am getting scheduled to have them removed so that I can continue healing.
3 weeks out - going in today to get the rest of my dissolvable sutures removed that are not closing. 100% recommend buying a pack or 2of steristrips as they did not give me enough. Also, the bra they recommended works better for larger breasts. I am downsizing so it didn’t give me support here the mass of the breast is. I got a $20 sports bra form target that zips in the front and took the cups out. I got a size too small so that its a bit difficult to zip up. This gives way better all around compression and I wish I had it earlier. I probably could have reduced swelling much earlier if I had this since at night when my breasts flattened out while sleeping, they were not compressing properly. They pulled out a lot of sutures that weren’t dissolving. They say because I am young and my body is responding strongly to foreign bodies.
3 weeks and 2 days later - I can see that the spaces where the sutures were are now closing
3.5 weeks out - I had one day where my breast was very sore but nothing terrible
4 weeks later - everything is itchy but not as bad as before. I started applying unscented Cerave lotion to my breasts and nipples where they are healed. I wash the bra every 3 days to prevent too much build up. The earring where it was not healing will likely be an issue.
5.5 weeks later - When not wearing a bra I can sort of feel a tiny tug on the internal permanent stitch in the right larger breast. I wonder if that will ease as the strength is regained in the tissue. Otherwise the feeling is unstable and the incisions have closed almost entirely except for a few dissolvable sutures that appeared and still need to be removed. I am wearing the silicon pads all day every day and have some tape underneath where the sutures are causing it not to heal.
1 year before and afters
I have now reached my final stage of healing. The right side is still bigger, but part of this is that my breasts are both naturally different shapes. My scars have lightened completely and don't bother me. I am now considering doing just a donut mastopexy (areolar reduction) to tighten some of the skin that is loosened from the liposuction and raise the nipple to the height of the other. I will do both sides.
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