Top surgery references

It's been a while! In the last couple of years I've been on and off T again (this time for good). I've also had laser and electrolysis in between lockdowns for the hair on my chest and face. I'm very happy with my hair removal results. It's crazy to look back on how much I had before! I've had around 12 laser sessions over my chest & stomach area and 8-10 electrolysis sessions on the area around my tattoo I'm unable to target with laser. The tattoo area is still a work in progress, but I only anticipate needing another few sessions. I still have a little stomach trail, which I wanted to keep, and a little hair around my nipples that doesn't bother me. Other than that, I'm left with fine vellus hairs. My scars aren't that visible now and I don't do much for them anymore except keeping them out of the sun and the occasional rosehip oil massage. Sensation wise, I can feel light touch everywhere now, although the area around my nipples and scars are still not as sensitive as the rest of my chest. I probably won't do another update unless anything changes dramatically in the next few years, but I’ll leave this blog up in case it’s still helpful for anyone else. Feel free to send me any questions you have but keep in mind I regularly forget this blog exists now.

Photos are from different times of the day to give you a sense of what the scars look like under different lighting!

I’m considering a revision on my left side - you can’t see it in these photos but there’s still a bit of an indent there, but it doesn’t bother me too much. I’m still waiting to see how much it evens out as I build up muscles there.

i also got my nipples pierced! the right one was more difficult to pierce and initially more painful because of the extra scar tissue but after an hour or so i couldn’t feel them at all. still can’t but i love how they look!

Overall I’m really, really happy with how it’s turned out and how well my scars have faded already. Couldn’t recommend Andy more. 

the light red is where light touch feels diminished or different. it’s hard to describe - it’s kind of like pins and needles and a bit numb??

Officially 1 year post-op!!!

I’ll continue to massage them for a month or so more I think and do a proper update on sensation next month.

The past few months have gone so quickly. It’s starting to feel totally normal, as though I never had breasts at all.

Not heaps to say! The scarring around my right nipple has flattened out considerably. And my scars continue to get lighter.

I saw Andy for my 6 month post-op appointment this week and he was pleased with how I’m healing too. Like all of my consults with him, it was brief but I didn’t have any questions. He took another lot of pics and unless I want a revision later down the track that’s the last appointment I’ll have. He still thought the indent on my left hand side will fill in in time, which I think it has been. So I’m happy to wait and see what I think of it in another 4 months time.