Cortisone shots

[SC GameCOCKS]

Where are you located and what doctor gave u the shots?

[lopher]

Where are you located and what doctor gave u the shots?

My Chinese PS from Taipei. Not much use to anyone here i'm afraid,

lopher

[lopher]

5 days post cortisone no further reductions now.

Slightly worried as I seem to be forming new scar tissue in a slightly different area. The new lump is not too big... but how big will it get?

Aarrgghh the curse of scar tissue. Getting close to 6 weeks post op, can anything fix this insane slap in the face for an otherwise perfect surgery?

I'm starting to come to the conclusion that for most, once you have gyne, there's really no happy Hollywood ending. Maybe it's time to accept we can never be totally free of this condition. Maybe all we can hope for is a reduction to make it passable  

lopher

[uk2000]

just a thought.  isnt it worthwhile waiting at least 12 weeks post op before getting any shots.  that way its easier to  see where and how if any scar tissue forms.  then to get the shots.  or is there not a time limit as to when u can get the shots..??

[lopher]

just a thought.  isnt it worthwhile waiting at least 12 weeks post op before getting any shots.  that way its easier to  see where and how if any scar tissue forms.  then to get the shots.  or is there not a time limit as to when u can get the shots..??

Well my PS wanted to wait 8 weeks before starting the cortisone shots, but I explained I would have left the country before I hit the 8 week mark. So with a little disclaimer from him, I got the cortisone earlier than it's normally prescribed.

After my first surgery I was quite unhappily surprised to discover the worst of the scar tissue appeared at exactly 6 weeks post op. When I researched it I found this was quite a common date. I get my second and final set of shots at around the 7 week stage. I'm hoping this won't be too early. And also that the cortisone will help zap the existing scar tissue and although I have no science to back this up, act as a preventative measure for other scar tissue to form while it's working it's little magic.

lopher

[lopher]

Ok chaps,

7 Days post cortisone update!

It's really hard for me to give quantative breakdowns of exactly how much the scar tissue has reduced, it's all so subjective. But what I can say is whilst the scar tissue is still present is has without any doubt reduced significantly. Both in size and hardness.

The new scar tissue lump that recently popped up in an adjacent location area is minimal (so far) and i'm also aware that the 'new scar tissue' may not actually be new, but might have been uncovered by the reduction in the original scar tissue that was overlapping it. This is hard to put into words to make sense, but i'm thinking along the analogy that if you uncover some earth in your garden, the pebble you may 'discover' might not be new, you might just be noticing it now for the first time because before it was being hidden by something else that has recently been taken away. Does that make sense?

lopher

[Ffurg]

11 days post cortisone now and the scar tissue is mimimal  

Hurrah Hurrah

Ffurg

[tonysoprano]

nice 1 "ffurg"..

good to see you back on the boards (but sad to see youre still here ...at the same token)

cort. shots sound v. promising -

-was this your first round of shots?
-how many individual shots did you have on the 1st occasion?


Im gonna seek them from my ps but when I see him Ill be at around 6months p.o so Im a little worried the scar tissue will be beyond salvation by that late stage of the game... what do you, as a layperson reckon of the chances the later one waits for the shots??

cheers pal and keep the updates flowing
Tony

[uk2000]

for those that have had the shots, do they hurt?  if so how long does pain last for?  recovery time etc

[Grrrrr]

nice 1 "ffurg"..

good to see you back on the boards (but sad to see youre still here ...at the same token)

cort. shots sound v. promising -

-was this your first round of shots?
-how many individual shots did you have on the 1st occasion?


Im gonna seek them from my ps but when I see him Ill be at around 6months p.o so Im a little worried the scar tissue will be beyond salvation by that late stage of the game... what do you, as a layperson reckon of the chances the later one waits for the shots??

cheers pal and keep the updates flowing
Tony

Hey yeah i'm pretty much finished with this board thanks to the decent surgery and now the healing of the scar tissue  

But instead of just dissapearing and leaving questions unanswered I thought the decent thing to do would be to stick around until i've finished the cortisone shots.

That way I can keep you all updated, and post a final evaluation of my experience, not leaving anything open to anyone wondering whatever happened (which is what so many people here seem to do)

That is of course if I don't get banned again for getting into past debate / flames. I'm losing the patience to be bothered to keep re-registering, as 'i've got mine' and i'm only really here for the benefit now of anyone interested in reading an experience of using cortisone on scar tissue  

Anyway, enough rambling.

To answer your questions:
No I really don't think it will matter if the scar tissue is 6 months old. The way scar tissue evolves is it 'softens' over time. Unlike gland which hardens and can calcify.

So no don't worry. In fact the shots should be a lot easier, and probably more effective at a 6 month stage. The reason for this is I would expect the scar tissue should have softened a bit by then. This means the cortisone has less 'work' to do.

And also when I had my first set of shots (2 in each aerola along the incision line) at just past the 4 week stage it was a real battle for the PS to do them. Because the scar tissue was ROCK HARD!!! It makes it very difficult for the PS to get the cortisone out of the barrel of the syringe and into the scar tissue.

Once it's softened i'm sure it will make the PS's job a fair bit more easy, and should improve his ability to get enough out into the actual tissue. I think my PS had to settle for injecting a fair amount of the cortisone 'around' the scar tissue, rather than bang in the middle of it. Try sticking a needle into a stone and u'll understand what i mean!

As for UK's question:
All the research I saw on cortisone shots lead me to believe it was going to be extremely painfull. But I felt like i'd grin and bear virtually any temporary pain to be rid of the lumps. So there I sat bracing myself... but i never felt a thing!

Im 15 days post cortisone now and the scar tissue is soft and just a tiny bit bigger than a pea. Which is probably about a quarter of it's original size. I can physically squeeze it like a little ball of play-dough into different shapes!

I get my second and final set of shots in 6 days and then i leave the country. As long as hypo dosent find his way to this thread and report me to merle again, i'll keep u all posted. It's just i have to 'register' a new hotmail address everytime I want to rejoin, so i'm starting to lose the patience to be bothered!

[uk2000]

i remember hypo, wot a nutta he was.  used to scare every1 intot hinking their condition is a hormone problem

[SC GameCOCKS]

thanks G****  Keep us updated if u can man. I appriciate it a ton.

[tonysoprano]

grr/furrg ... u still frequenting these parts mate?

[Time_to_fix_it]

i remember hypo, wot a nutta he was.  used to scare every1 intot hinking their condition is a hormone problem

It’s a fact that GLANDULAR gynecomastia is ALWAYS caused by a hormone problem i.e. an imbalance of androgens to oestrogens.  Endocrinologists know this and medical paper after medical paper confirms this.

For the majority of people that imbalance is a temporary one that happens around puberty and the imbalance usually corrects itself.  The majority of people who have gynecomastia have had it since puberty.  Their hormones will have re-balanced themselves but some of them will have been left with the condition.

However for others it can be caused by several things including cirrhosis of the liver, side effects of certain drugs, Hypogonadism, tumours (pituitary, adrenal etc), hyperthyroidism, renal disease and several others.  Each of those ailments and diseases can affect the balance of androgens to oestrogens which can then cause glandular gynecomastia.

That is why is absolutely imperative that a person needs to be sure that their hormones are in balance before considering surgery if they don’t want it to re-grow afterwards. A trip to a doctor or preferably an endocrinologist is all it takes.