Coping with implants
hi. Just wondering how long it takes to get used to implants. I hate the feeling. Feels like my skin is loose and rippled when I an lying down. I was also totally unprepared for lack of any feeling in...
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Hi Julie,
I had a single nipple and skin saving mastectomy with immediate reconstruction 3 months ago now - Wow that's gone fast. I was told by my breast care nurse to rub bio oil into the scar and also into the breast tissue twice a day to not only help the scar line but also to help soften the breast and hopefully stop any encapsulation from happening. I do this religiously. I have some limited feeling in the nipple and breast but mostly at this stage feel as though I have a foreign item attached to me and depending on how I move I can feel like I'm going one way and my breast another!! Lol! I have a slight dent that runs across my nipple but my surgeon is allowing time for my implant to soften before having the fat grafting that Louise has talked about. I occasionally had a weird feeling in my breast not unlike the feeling you get when you stand on a very small piece of glass and it is in your foot - and I suppose that was the tissue that was left healing(???). Wasn't all the time but just every now and then. I also had my pec muscle have a bit of a spasm every now and then and debated teaching myself how to twitch the other one (like the bodybuilders do!!!) just for a laugh but that too seems to have settled down now. I'm incredibly impressed with my new anti-sagger and feel very lucky that I was able to go down this path of surgery rather than other alternatives. Wishing you comfort and happiness. Xx Cath
I had a single nipple and skin saving mastectomy with immediate reconstruction 3 months ago now - Wow that's gone fast. I was told by my breast care nurse to rub bio oil into the scar and also into the breast tissue twice a day to not only help the scar line but also to help soften the breast and hopefully stop any encapsulation from happening. I do this religiously. I have some limited feeling in the nipple and breast but mostly at this stage feel as though I have a foreign item attached to me and depending on how I move I can feel like I'm going one way and my breast another!! Lol! I have a slight dent that runs across my nipple but my surgeon is allowing time for my implant to soften before having the fat grafting that Louise has talked about. I occasionally had a weird feeling in my breast not unlike the feeling you get when you stand on a very small piece of glass and it is in your foot - and I suppose that was the tissue that was left healing(???). Wasn't all the time but just every now and then. I also had my pec muscle have a bit of a spasm every now and then and debated teaching myself how to twitch the other one (like the bodybuilders do!!!) just for a laugh but that too seems to have settled down now. I'm incredibly impressed with my new anti-sagger and feel very lucky that I was able to go down this path of surgery rather than other alternatives. Wishing you comfort and happiness. Xx Cath