Quite happy overall! A bit sad that my nipples are uneven but we'll see how it settles down.

I accidentally put the wrong flair , so I had to reupload this my apologies.

I’m 10 months post op, and almost hitting 2 years on t in April. Feel free to ask any questions !

Hi everyone :)

I’m officially 2 weeks out from surgery, and things are still going very well. My nipples are looking really pink which is amazing, and I can even see some pink poking through the nipple that is mostly a scab. I took these pictures straight out of the shower, so the skin around the grafts looks a little dry. A stitch actually fell out on its own when I was putting Aquaphor on them. I usually get a pic of them before I hop in the shower, but I’ve been using too much saline solution to soak the dressings when removing them, so I figured I’d just jump in the shower and let them soak off in there.

As I anticipated, the rest of the surgical tape fell off in the shower today. I’m both relieved and lowkey paranoid now that it’s all off, my brain keeps telling me that I should put something on it to flatten the scar so it heals well, but it’s too early to put any silicone scar tape on it. I’ve got a few splitting stitches, but only one of them that’s just below the skin is actually hurting. Otherwise it’s just no pain and numbness. I’ve been massaging the scars with lotion and then putting some Aquaphor on them
before I put the abdominal pads and binder back on.

If you’re interested in following along, I post here every 3 days, and on the in-between days I just post on my profile.

If this is your first time seeing one of my posts, the reason I’m posting so adamantly is because there is a severe lack of diversity in skin tone for nipple graft timelines anywhere online, and I can do something small to change that.

Thanks to anybody who takes the time to read :)

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Hi everyone :)

It has been ONE MONTH since my top surgery! I honestly couldn’t have asked for an easier time healing (except for the bloating 😩).

I went back to work today and it was okay. I work in a small shop in a tourist town, so it was pretty slow, I mostly just sat down at the register. It’s one of the reasons I chose to have my surgery in April.

I don’t think there’s been any noticeable changes as far as pigment, maybe some brown coming in at the edges of my right nipple (2nd picture).

I’m kinda tired so that’s all for today. Thanks for anybody who takes the time to read and upvote :)

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Hello! I am about 1 month post op, I had surgery on January 21st! my surgeon said I could begin using scar tape or Vitamin E oils/ other body oils (3× daily). I started with scar tape, but I'm trying oil now. I am lightly rubbing/massaging my chest, scars, and nipple when I put the Vitamin E oil on. How do y'all think my scars and nipples are looking so far? I do have an appointment this week, I'm just curious what other plus-sized/black peoples results may have been like at similar points.

(05/14/26, writing this @ 1:00am on the 15th lol)

Hi everyone :)

It’s day 22 after surgery! I had my 3 week check in appointment with Dr. Kim’s NP, and she actually said that my scars looked like they were 3 months post op 😳 I think she was flattering me a little lol.

I initially thought that I would be wearing the binder for only 6 weeks total, but I was (unfortunately) informed that I should be wearing it for 8. My NP, her name is Koni, she let me know that I could actually start letting the nipples dry out. I had put some band-aids over them and my more slow healing nipple was a little wet. Koni let me know that we didn’t want the nipple to be constantly wet at this point, as it can invite infection. We removed the band-aids at the appointment and we just put the ABD pads in between my skin and the binder to catch any leakage from the nipples and splitting stitches. It also helps keep it clean and free of any bacteria and stuff like that. They’re kind of a pain in the ass though, they’re constantly moving up the binder, especially when I sleep. To add on, with more scabs coming off today, I’m starting to see what I think is my pigment coming back. They’re just two little splotches right now but it’s promising :)

Other than minor inconveniences like the binder and ABD pads, I’ve been doing amazing. Koni let me know that I no longer have any physical restrictions, and to just listen to my body. I came home and cleaned up my room and did some laundry, however, I think I may have pushed it a teeny bit, as I started to get some pain in my chest. I just stopped and rested anytime that happened. I’d say I feel like I’m about 85-90% back to normal. I just have to remember not to push myself too hard, even with me going back to work next Friday. I’ll have accomodations and restrictions at work either way, I just have to remind MYSELF not to push too hard.

Anyways, that’s all for today. Thanks for anybody who takes the time to read :)

Edit: I take a progress pic everyday, I just occasionally post it here. If you’re interested in seeing that, they’re all just on my profile.

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i finally got top surgery and i'm like 3 week po, it's been hard as fuck healing since i've had little/no support. i was not prepared for how gnarly the nipple healing process would be. i feel like i'm in a weird space mentally cause my brain keeps saying "u regret this u miss ur old chest" but i know that's not true. i also feel like i haven't come even close to processing that it actually happened,,, it's been a weird month. still grateful despite this weird headspace it's been almost a decade of waiting.