tattooing-done today

tommaseena
tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I had my tattooing done today.
Not bad at all. The lanocaine shots were worse than the tattooing which I never felt. I am a little bruised but feel fine.

Plastic surgeon started me on antibiotics yesterday as a precaution and special antibacterial wash which I started to use on Sunday.

Hopefully we have nipped this in the bud so I don't get another infection.

Sorry for the pun--LOL

Margo

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  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
    #2
    That's my next and last(I
    That's my next and last(I hope) step Margo! And I enjoyed the pun...I hope it makes mine look more alike...right now they look like they belong to 2 different women!
  • dianebraun
    dianebraun Member Posts: 51
    #3
    dyaneb123 said:

    That's my next and last(I
    That's my next and last(I hope) step Margo! And I enjoyed the pun...I hope it makes mine look more alike...right now they look like they belong to 2 different women!

    How soon after the chemo did
    How soon after the chemo did you get the tattoos? How long do you have to wait after your initial surgery? I would assume there is a waiting period.
  • SamuraiMom
    SamuraiMom Member Posts: 295
    #4
    Nip, Nip Hurray!
    So glad to hear things went well! I start my first nipple reconstruction mid-June. The tatooing seems so far away! Keep us all posted on the healing process of nips!
    XXOO
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #5
    SamuraiMom said:

    Nip, Nip Hurray!
    So glad to hear things went well! I start my first nipple reconstruction mid-June. The tatooing seems so far away! Keep us all posted on the healing process of nips!
    XXOO

    congratulations crossed
    congratulations crossed fingers for No Infection!!!!
  • tommaseena
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    #6
    carkris said:

    congratulations crossed
    congratulations crossed fingers for No Infection!!!!

    time line
    I had the exchange done in November.
    Nipple reconstruction in February.
    You have to wait at least 3 months after the nipple reconstruction to do the tattooing.
    I finished my chemo July--still on Herceptin--which looks like end of October because of some bumps in the road.

    Margo

    Sore last night needed to take Tylenol so I could sleep.
  • pinkkari09
    pinkkari09 Member Posts: 877 Member
    #7
    So here's my question to you
    So here's my question to you Margo.....do you like your new breasts? I'm in the expansion process, hate these expanders, but I think we all do. But I have a really nice flap from my back that has really saved me on the left side, expansion is SO SO painful on the right. Anyhow, I really wonder how many woman like their new breasts when they get them all complete. Love the pun!! and the nip nip hurray, that was awesome
    Kari
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #8
    Congrats, Margo!! I'm happy
    Congrats, Margo!! I'm happy that you are almost at the completion stage. You deserve it. Now, go celebrate and enjoy life!
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #9
    At last...
    The surgical portion of your journey is now complete - glad and relieved for you, friend. And hoping both the antibiotics and special wash do their jobs well and prevent infection.

    Kind regards, Susan
  • tommaseena
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    #10
    pinkkari09 said:

    So here's my question to you
    So here's my question to you Margo.....do you like your new breasts? I'm in the expansion process, hate these expanders, but I think we all do. But I have a really nice flap from my back that has really saved me on the left side, expansion is SO SO painful on the right. Anyhow, I really wonder how many woman like their new breasts when they get them all complete. Love the pun!! and the nip nip hurray, that was awesome
    Kari

    Kari
    Kari,
    I really like my new TaTa's. The expanders are so much harder. You will notice a difference when the exchange is done. I never had any pain from the expansions except for the last one there was some discomfort but never pain.

    I don't know about the tattooing yet--still putting bandages with ointment on them should be better looking in a few days.
  • meena1
    meena1 Member Posts: 1,003
    #11
    Christmas Girl said:

    At last...
    The surgical portion of your journey is now complete - glad and relieved for you, friend. And hoping both the antibiotics and special wash do their jobs well and prevent infection.

    Kind regards, Susan

    Help me!!! i am too scared
    Help me!!! i am too scared to go have my expander exchange. i heard too many horror stories, and i work a stressful job. I wonder if i could live the rest of my life with the expander in...hmmm
  • Christine Louise
    Christine Louise Member Posts: 426 Member
    #12
    meena1 said:

    Help me!!! i am too scared
    Help me!!! i am too scared to go have my expander exchange. i heard too many horror stories, and i work a stressful job. I wonder if i could live the rest of my life with the expander in...hmmm

    Surely our implants will be
    Surely our implants will be better looking and more comfortable (!!!) than these yucky, hard expanders. I can hardly wait until I'm done with chemo and can get my implants. Best birthday present ever.

    I haven't heard that many bad stories about the exchange, meena. Did you have radiation and are you worried about healing and how your skin will look? My plastic surgeon says he'll keep working on me until I'm happy -- fat moved into my node-removal craters, etc. I know -- more surgery -- but worth it, I'm convinced.

    We've been through so much, it's natural to be scared of more surgery and recovery. I have to turn my mind away from the thought of getting my mastectomy scars re-incised -- ugh. But keep your eyes on the prize, meena -- implants in place, nips or not, moving on into the "new normal" with NED.
  • SamuraiMom
    SamuraiMom Member Posts: 295
    #13
    meena1 said:

    Help me!!! i am too scared
    Help me!!! i am too scared to go have my expander exchange. i heard too many horror stories, and i work a stressful job. I wonder if i could live the rest of my life with the expander in...hmmm

    Get em out
    You'll be way comfortable without them. One more scary step and then you're home free with less scary procedures. Don't settle. This advice is coming from a severe needle-phobe with a very stressful job as well. Have your doc prescribe some Xanax to calm you down-it helped me a TON.
    XXOO,
    JoJo
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #14
    tommaseena said:

    time line
    I had the exchange done in November.
    Nipple reconstruction in February.
    You have to wait at least 3 months after the nipple reconstruction to do the tattooing.
    I finished my chemo July--still on Herceptin--which looks like end of October because of some bumps in the road.

    Margo

    Sore last night needed to take Tylenol so I could sleep.

    Congrats Margo.

    Congrats Margo.
  • e_hope
    e_hope Member Posts: 370
    #15
    are you happy with the
    are you happy with the tattooing? I am done with nipple reconstruction and in that 3 month wait period.

    i am concerned with the tattooing looking so flat like two little round circles..

    I am thinking about going to my tattooist about getting tattoos with some deepth and realistic look.

    Curious what you thought about the final look
  • Emilyfimily
    Emilyfimily Member Posts: 141
    #16
    nipped in the bud....
    nipped in the bud.... bahahaha!! love the pun :D
  • tommaseena
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    #17
    e_hope said:

    are you happy with the
    are you happy with the tattooing? I am done with nipple reconstruction and in that 3 month wait period.

    i am concerned with the tattooing looking so flat like two little round circles..

    I am thinking about going to my tattooist about getting tattoos with some deepth and realistic look.

    Curious what you thought about the final look

    final
    The tattooing is darker than you want for about two weeks and then will be the color that was chosen.

    Two flat circles---NOT---remember you have a nipple and they tattoo that as well. The circles look natural and not like they are outlined.

    Margo
  • Christine Louise
    Christine Louise Member Posts: 426 Member
    #18
    How did they make the nipple?
    Margo, did they use tissue from another area of your body to form the nipple?
  • e_hope
    e_hope Member Posts: 370
    #19
    Christine Louise said:

    How did they make the nipple?
    Margo, did they use tissue from another area of your body to form the nipple?

    on me he just manipulated
    on me he just manipulated the skin around the nipple, so i didn't have a graft site. I only wanted very suttle nipples.. so not sure if that is how everyone has it done... because in the very beginning he told me i would have a donor site... Then we discuss only a very very suttle nipple and that's what he did.. cut open my incision a bit, manipulated the skin to make a little nipple and sewed me back up..
  • tommaseena
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    #20
    e_hope said:

    on me he just manipulated
    on me he just manipulated the skin around the nipple, so i didn't have a graft site. I only wanted very suttle nipples.. so not sure if that is how everyone has it done... because in the very beginning he told me i would have a donor site... Then we discuss only a very very suttle nipple and that's what he did.. cut open my incision a bit, manipulated the skin to make a little nipple and sewed me back up..

    same here
    My nipple was made from tissue on my breast. At first the nipples are large because of the swelling. I think my made nipples are a lot smaller then my real ones were. You don't have to worry about nipple hard-ons.

    Margo

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