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AllyJay
7 years agoMember
Hi there @TeePee , not too sure who the ladies are that you mentioned, but I had a bilateral mastectomy with full node clearance on the left and sentinal node on the right. My skin was super sensitive afterwards, felt like my skin had been sandpapered, extending down the underside of the left arm for quite a few weeks. I never wore a bra, and was never instructed to do so, either by my surgeon or my breast care nurse. I was advised to wear a tight fitting sports tee shirt which would give even, gentle pressure all around. I would think that the pressure from this bra which you are wearing over the limited area it compresses, might be causing the pain. A warm, but not hot heat pack will probably be soothing, but I might run that past your breast care nurse or even your GP. Other than that, I found gentle rubbing, not massage as such, with Moo Goo helped to re educate my damaged nerves not to be so super sensitive and also to relax the underlying traumatised tissue.