Post-op - Numbness

[phantom]

It's coming up to  three months since my surgery.  In all that time there is no sensation what-so-ever around the nipple area, about 2 inches around the mid-point.

I thought there might be some improvement by now, but nothing, even if I pinch them REALLY hard.  I sometimes get what I call 'phantom-itching' where the nipple area feels like it needs a good scratch, but scratching the area does not take the 'itch' away.

I'd like to know how other guys post-op got on with numbness.  When did sensation begin to come back? When did things return completely normal?

Cheers.

[phantom]

Anyone?

[Robin_G]

Hi mate

How's it going?

I'm exactly the opposite....mine are ultra sensitive and can't really touch them much without them hurting

Then again I've STILL got a little bit of residual bruising so we've been opposites throughout most of the healing process as I think your bruises were gone in a week or two weren't they?

[webster]

About 1 year on I have about 80% sensation, which is not something I've really been keeping an eye on but it must be slowly improving. I think broken nerve endings can grow back over time, but larger nerve fibres don't if they are snapped.
ATB.  Webster