Gynecomastia Support Forum
Surgery => Post Surgery and Healing After Surgery => Topic started by: george92 on March 03, 2009, 12:41:40 PM
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How soon after the op is it safe to expose the skin to sunlight, as in beach intensity sunlight?
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Actually, it's best not to expose the scars to direct sunlight until they are almost completely healed. This will take about 6 to 7 months.
In some people it can take a year for them to fade.
But if you really want to get in the sun shirtless, use a very strong sunblock and put a little extra around the scars. I would reapply the sunblock to the scars every couple of hours just to be safe as well.
Tanning with the scars will usually make the scars turn a different color than the rest of your skin. This can be a problem as it will make the scars more noticeable. Plus, healing skin should not EVER get sun burnt. You can face some nasty problems if that happened.
Sunblock, sunblock, sunblock!
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Hmm, I'd better not risk it then. Besides, its not going to be like I have breasts to hide by then, so it'll look generally quite normal.
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Tanning with the scars will usually make the scars turn a different color than the rest of your skin. This can be a problem as it will make the scars more noticeable.
Hi Jake, can I ask you a question? Do you think even after our scars are healed (like 8-12 months after the operation), can they still change color after tanning? because yes we will be healed by that time but there will always be a scar there even it is barely noticable or not..
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I think that question needs a doctors answer. I always hear six months.