We're off to See the Wizard!!

Hi! Recovery is going great. I'm visiting family out of town and went "out" last night for the first time and forgot to bring a strapless bra with my top so I went BRA-LESS in public for the first time in my life and it was WONDERFUL! The Silvadene worked very well for me to heal the wounds. However, the reason I was having trouble is because my body is apparently rejecting the sutures that are supposed to absorb in my body. They are literally exiting my body through my skin. Most every day I have to "pluck" my boobs to get the little stitches out. hahaha...I laugh to keep from being crazy over it. But the Silvedene most definitely healed the wounds. It took about 10 days for me but remember, I'm rejecting the stitches so I think that's what took so long for me. All of my wounds are healed and now I'm using hydrocortisone to help reduce bruising and dryness. I too am looking VERY forward to being totally recovered. I have had a lot of swelling in my belly still but I'm down a size from pre-op even with the swelling!!! SO happy!!!!

I am rejecting some stitches as well, but only at the very end of the vertical incision on my breast. I sure hope no others start popping out. I just want to heal, and the stitches seem to stall the process. That is soo funny that you "went braless in public." How weird and great that must have been. All the strapless things I couldn't wear unless I wore a bra, and strapless bras never worked for me. But now!!!! we can go "BRA-LESS" and in public!! HAHAHAHA!! Love it!

It was awesome!!!! And totally worth it! The suture rejection sucks but I keep telling myself it will be over soon! How are you doing otherwise?

On top and it's better. It's been a slow heal but I think I will make it! Lol. My body is not absorbing the dissolvable sutures so they keep poking out and I have to literally "pluck" my boobs. Lol. But I am better every day! How are you?

They're on top and I'm doing much better. It's healing up finally. My body is not absorbing the dissolvable sutures so little pieces are coming out through the skin. I am literally plucking my boobs. Lol. But it's getting better every day! How are You?

I'm doing great! I'm getting super excited about wed.! I'm bummed that my husband won't be here for the surgery or to help for most of the recovery. I'll be staying with a childhood friend and her husband and I'm hoping it's not going to be super odd. I meet her husband tonight. He just got laid off from work so it may make things a little awkward to have him around while my friend is at work. Oh well, just very grateful that the are welcoming me. Your boobs look awesome by the way! I have a friend that had a reduction 2 years ago and said that she still gets a stitch every now and then that she has to pluck. Weird! How long did the doc say May take? Is it making you sore or infected?

I know how excited/anxious you are...been there but it will be SO worth it! OMG! TWO YEARS and still plucking stitches!?!?! I may die. lol. He didn't say how long it would take for all the stitches to go away. I'm not sore at all and the infection has finally cleared up but there's some bruising that comes and goes that he said is a result from the stitches trying to expel. There are some things that no matter how much research you do ahead of time, you really can't know or prepare for...for example, the doctor told me at my six week post op, that it will be two full years before I am "normal". I wanted to kick him. lol But like I said before IT's WORTH IT!!!

Yeah, I might go crazy....2 years? Your right, it will be worth it. Even though my friend still has a stitch come up here and there they aren't painful and her body never rejected them initially so hopefully yours are all coming out now instead of later! Just wanted you to know in case months from now one comes up and you wonder what is happening! I'm wondering if I should have the doc prescribe me Silvadean before I leave Fl just in case?

I'm sure since you are out of town, that you can communicate through pictures and they could call you in a Rx if needed. But I would ask him. I don't know why they don't prescribe it to everyone to speed the healing process! Bacitracin, which is OTC, is what they recommend for the infection. Silvadene is more for wounds, I suppose. I'm not a doctor but it just makes sense to me. lol

How will you do your post op appointments? Will you come back for the 6 week to be released from doctor's care?

Sorry that I just saw this comment! I am 78 days post op and I would say that at about 2 weeks after I started the silvadean, could I say that the spot was "healed". I have 300ccs and I used topical Arnica for swelling...which I wish would come back in my boobs! LOL They're a little smaller than they were starting out so now I'm thinking I should've gone a little larger.

Thanks! I feel fine most of the time. I just get tired of being tired about this time of day. hahaha. Did you go through "swell hell"? It seems that I'm swelling more now than I was the first week or so after surgery. I have been on the couch most all day and still swollen. I'm watching salt intake, drinking only water, and doing everything by the book. Is this just "part of the process"?

OMG! We do have the same belly button!!! Hahahahahaha I was a little worried about it at first sight when it still had the sutures. I told Tameka that it looked like she had just unleashed the Kraken! All those tentacles sticking out. lol. It was also a little "tall" but it's rounding out fairly nicely now. Love Dr. Welsh! Love the new me AND the new you!! :)

Lol! I told Tamika that it looked like spider legs coming out! I'm still alittle freaked out by it but I just got my stitches out this past Monday so hopefully as it starts looking better I will get used to it. Hey, are you wearing a compression garment for contouring? I have been reading alot of posts about it and it sounds like a tight compression garment is needed to conture the muscles. I also love the new and improved "us"! Can't wait to see the final results. Wish I could fast forward!

Spiders...Kraken...same thing! :) I have read about compression garments as well. Mostly because I HATE wearing the one that I came home in. It went from under my breasts to mid thigh and I couldn't wear shorts over it. After my 2 week PO visit, he said I could wear Spanks, so I bought several pairs. I also bought a couple of corsets. One is a pull on and the other has clasps all the way up the front. But since some of the swelling has gone down, they aren't nearly as snug as they were to begin with. I am not "working"...(HA!) outside the house anyway so I haven't been required to get dressed a lot lately. So I mostly wear spanks around the house. If I get dressed to go somewhere, I put on the corset over the spanks just for a little extra reinforcement while I'm moving a lot. I've read some PS don't recommend compression at all, not even the day of surgery. They say there's no proof that it prevents swelling or assists with contouring. Then there are others that swear by it. So I'm a little torn. My skin wants to breathe but I don't want to "let it all hang out" either. I haven't been sleeping in anything except normal panties the past week or so simply for comfort since sleep has been so precious lately! I'm kind of torn between what I need to do. Then I think about the Chinese women that cram their feet in teeny tiny shoes and their feet conform and shrink up and the African women that put the rings around their necks to make their necks stretch out and think there is probably something to it after all! What have you been wearing?

I am also not wearing any shapewear or garment get -up when I go to bed. I wear shapewear when I go to work and can't wait to get out of it when I get home. When I am home I usually only put it on if I am going out. Otherwise I have been without it and still relaxing at home. But i keep thinking I should be doing more to ensure good results. Also did you start putting anything on your incisions since getting the stitches out? I got mine out Monday and still have steri-strips on. I am wondering if I should start putting something on them. Some kind of neosporin or scar treatment. I feel like the incisions are drying up and it would feel so good to put some kind of ointment on them. Or is it too soon? ** On another note, I just bought my coobie bras to try them out. I saw other posts about them and with discount code mombogo1 you buy one and get one free so not a big investment to try them out. They sure look super comfy so I hope they are when I get them! I am posting a pic of my order on my review.

Thanks! The swelling in my tummy has been a little more than I like the past few days but I've been coughing my head off from a nasty cold and I've been up and going more so I'm sure that's why but I am still VERY happy!!!