ongoing complications 3 weeks after breast reduction

Dear Sassycharly, Thanks for your post. Re: venous congestion. It occured at least 30 years after my first reduction so may or may not be associated. I wonder if it could have been caused by having lost so much weight after cervical fusion that most of my breast tissue was lost as well. Years later I went through menopause and regained significant weight. Seems that most of the fat in my breasts settled below nipple line. My breasts "bottomed out". You can kind of see that in my "before" pictures shown at top of review. Are you having venous congestion too? Prior to second surgery my breasts often became very cold, turned red, then blue and purple - just like bruise on bilateral. For next few years my breasts will develop of new circulatory "system" and only time will tell if venous congestion returns. Keep me updates. How are you doing? Bellasma

Thanks for your post. It took about 5 weeks before excess fluid in left breast stopped building up. Fluid would pool at bottom of breast and my surgeon drained it every week. It's finally stopped and has left some scar tissue which doctor says might be reduced by massage with bio-oil.

Thank you soo much. I'm happy w/ results and will post newest pics very soon.

Did you see my first post op pictures? Now that it's been about 6 weeks, I'm looking so much better. I'll post updates pics as soon as I can get hb to help me w/computer photo stuff. Anxious to hear how you are doing?

Did you see pics yet. I'll update my review and post most surrent pics now that excess draining has stopped and bruises are mostly gone. I think overall, it looks pretty good now that I'm about 6 weeks post op. How are you doing?

tobyfire30, Thanks for your encouragement. I'm finally doing much better - now the focus is on softening the fat so breasts look and feel normal. Dr says with massage is best. How are you?