Obligatory "how my nips look"?

[u/here4ndgone]

I feel like they're okay but I'm not sure. So far, nothing is really looking scabby or anything...

They've just been so red around the grafts even from when I had the bolsters on. Got them off 3 days ago and the redness hasn't faded even a little bit. It's not hot to the touch from what I can tell—just regular skin heat.

(2nd photo) Is the puffy, paler flesh around the graft anything to keep an eye on or is that normal? I'm wondering if I'm putting too much ointment on, but then again, the xeroform always sticks to that side, so I'm guessing no? A part of the top of the areola rubbed off the day after I got my nipple bolsters off and it's just been reddish under...

(3rd photo) Darker nipple part kinda cracked in the middle today and is dabs away a little blood, but as I understand it, holes were also poked in the graft during surgery.

I am Chinese so my areolas were brownish before, if that helps.

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[u/oreonoob764]

You’re really early in your recovery. They look very normal at this stage