Thanks for the comments guys, seriously. I was so ignorant before I found this forum.. Today is nine day's post op. I'm really happy. Wish I had taken more pictures when I had gyncomastia, I have almost none... not that I really want to remember it, but just for the record. When I look in the mirror now, I'm starting to forget what My chest used to look like....It's so weird cause now it just looks so...normal. I still can't believe my eyes.
I'm really impressed with the work from my surgeon, I have no complaints at all. My chest looks normal from all angles, relaxed and flexed. No puffyness, no loss of sensation, no formation of lumps or anything like that. It's been so long since I've had a "normal" chest that I don't even remember what it is supposed to feel like... I feel something hard under there.. but its firm in place.. must be some gland but it must be the right amount because my nipples seem to be permanently small and flat. It's my understanding that normally there is always some gland. Based off of the things I've read here, it seems too early for me to be so satisfied, but other than some bruising and scabs where the incision was made, I feel like I'm basically looking at the final result. If it's really going to somehow get better than this, well that's just awesome. It's definitely still tender though. Hopefully it doesn't suddenly get worse... I also want to add that my chest does not look abnormally flat either, this may be because prior to my surgery I began working out hard, or because he left an appropriate amount of tissue, or a combination of both. 95% satisfied, the last 5% will reveal itself based on how noticeable the scars are once the wounds completely heal.
I basically was just instructed to wear a binder, and continue to for the next week or two. I wear it over an undershirt because it irritated my skin. It's really not visible through my clothes unless you're looking at me freakishly hard, which in that case I wouldn't care if you noticed cause you're probably weird anyways. I was given percocet for the pain, which really helped, but I hated the side effects. The gave me really blurry vision and I felt like I needed glasses, it sucks not being able to read something 10 feet away from you..glad it was drug induced.. They also made me so constipated. Terrible... The effects seem to linger days after stopping taking the drug as well. I live in an area where prescription pain med abuse is almost an epidemic, I know lots of people, friends even, who have ruined or heavily disrupted their lives over oxycontin addition, and of course once the supplier runs out they turn to heroine because they're already dependent, so I strongly oppose the overuse of any opiate based pain killer.
I know my case may have been "minor" but as I've seen others say on here before, it's not really the severity of the case, its how it makes you feel. When I took off my shirt, people would think I had boobs, whether or not it was simply just a case of "puffy nips"
I guess that's all I will update for now, The worst part about this was worrying about how it was going to turn out right after the surgery. I feel lucky to have such good result, I really hope some of you read this and become motivated to seek the same. I will be posting pics around 2 weeks post op. Till then, stay strong my friends, there's light on the other end of the tunnel, and damn is it wonderful.
questions/comments are welcomed.
Topic: Re: the day my life changed forever. *post op day 50 pic* (Read 15318 times)
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