I just had my post op yesterday and the Dr. was very happy with her work! I am happy with her work too. I definitely had a blonde moment .. well two. lol First my appointment was Thursday instead of Friday, like I thought. Second being where my stitches/staples were. I had sterry strips on the sides and under my foobs so I figured that is where the stitches/staples were. When I first saw my chest I though, wow, that was a big incision but I didn't second guess my Dr. and went with it. She took the sterry strips off (ouch) and said that the strips were underneath for support. lmao I felt so dumb but glad it was a small incision. My Dr. said she wouldn't have made me look like Frankenstein. (I thought more than I already look.) I will show you the pics before my appointment and then after I cleaned up my wounds and finally took a nice warm shower!
I can't get over how different it feels from the expanders to the implants. These awkwardly, hard shaped things in my chest versus soft, round silicon implants. They move now! I can cross my arms across my chest! It hurt when I did it, but it won't hurt forever!! I want to touch them but that hurts too so I only touch softly sometimes. lol I put a sports bra on too!! The Dr. said that I always need to wear a sports bra for 4-6 weeks. I must say, I don't miss wearing one but at some level its comfortable too. For those who are curious - I am wearing a 40DD. I don't know if I am really that big since I am swollen but I am definitely a D!! I will try on actual bras when my staples are out and I am fully healed!
I still have no regrets.
Before the appointment, I took a lot of pictures lol
I JUST realized that the makes underneath the strips are marker! I thought they were stitches. haha I feel so stupid but its really funny too! Also on both sides there are little bumps where my first incision is. Those will go away. Part of the yellow you see is bruising and part is iodine that wasn't washed off, yet.
More bruising... I had a little more bruises a few days after surgery, but these are taken 1 week after. So a lot of purple, yellow, and pink/red going on.
My view .. looks like I decided to take these pictures in the midst of my daughters mess. haha. You can see more bruising on the left side. The Dr. said that was side needed the most attention putting back together.
After!!!! You see bruising, of coarse. My left side (your right) looks larger which the Dr. attributed to the fact that it needed the extra attention. The red underneath is what happens to my skin when tape is removed, takes a small layer of skin off. :(
4 staples on the left.
And on a non-related note ... I graduated UNLV on Tuesday, 12/17!!!! It was a long tiring day since it was only 4 days post surgery but I did it!!!!! :)
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