skin graft nipples

hoping someone on our Board pipes in and offers some support and offer some advice.  

Question:  Have you had the opportunity to contact your Plastic Surgeon's office/Surgeon's staff to see if this is nornal?

Please update us when possibe.

Positive thoughts,

Vicki Sam

confused123 said:

Thank you Vicki, I just came

Thank you Vicki, I just came back from plastic surgeon, he seemed a little stumped about all my injection sites being red and itchy.  He is putting me on an oral steroid and benadryl for now.  I am just hoping it all looks good when healed.  So nervous I will wish I didn't do it.

 

Hi Confused,  I hope you are feeling better .  I had skin grafted nipples done in 2012.  After they healed, I had tattooing done to add color to the "aerolas".   I called them my "fipples" (fake nipples)  Since then, they have healed nicely, but the projection I had has flattened out except for a little bit.  I have just had my third round of fat grafting.  I have had some itching off and on, and have attributed it to nerve endings beginning to heal,  mostly because it itched on the inside, but since I have very little feeling, I couldn't seem to feel better if I scratched.  What I found helped the best was taking 1/2 a tablet of 5mg Flexeril,  It calms the itching down within 30 minutes.  Since the fat the inject is usually from your own body, so I can't imagine you reacting to that, but I am not a Doctor, so I don't know.  

As far as your new nipples,  keep them covered to protect them till they heal and any unevenness can be improved once they do the tattooing.  Mine were not perfect but they used a pattern ( looked like a big washer) to make the circle when they tattooed, and you can not even see the scar now unless you look.

If you have any other questions, feel free to email me or message me here on CSN.  Hope you soon begin to love your new nipples  

Bethsbaby

confused123 said:

thank you

thank you

Hi Km,  I have had 3 rounds of fat grafting because I still had some areas that needed to be fuller.  Only about 50 percent of the fat the put in will stay,  the body absorbs some of it, but some will stay.  My plastic surgeon was trying to get some fullness on the upper portion of my reconstructed breasts.  and then filling in some depressed areas around my scars.    I understand about being done.  I had put off this last proceedure for over a year, so I am hoping the next thing i will do is replace implants at the 10 year mark.    I hope your allergy issues are solved.  I had some reactions to the adhesives in tape they used one  of my surgeries.  was red and looked like a chemical burn !  Now they use paper tape and I do much better.  

Hope things continue to get better for you.

Lynne