skin feeling raw

by kerry on 6th January 2010, 10:32 pm

hi peeps

im am 2 weeks post op and for the last 2 days or so the skin on my

is starting to feel a little raw to the touch, its a weird feeling but thats the best way i can kind of describe it.
even my softest sports bra's are horrible to wear

has anyone else experinced this?
thanks
kerry xx

by **nads** on 6th January 2010, 10:39 pm

Hi hun, i had that with my first op, skin was very sensitive to touch and even sports bra felt very rough on it, wasnt nice at all! It does pass though. By 4-6 weeks my skin felt more normal, i think its all the stretching. Maybe try a cool flannel on your skin x

by kerry on 6th January 2010, 10:45 pm

hi nads
thanks for the reply hun
yeah thats exactly how the feeling is, its horrid.
ive been putting bio oil on them but even rubbing that in as gentle as i can isnt pleasent! lol
roll on another 2 weeks!

xx

by sarahsbabies on 6th January 2010, 10:47 pm

Oh I know that feeling well, I still have it a bit even now, but I had an uplift so thats probably why. The worst of it eased off at about 4 -5 weeks, so not too much longer for you, but like nads said, something cool with help, I put a bag of peas on top of a tea towel (to stop the freeze burn pain) that helped x

by kerry on 6th January 2010, 11:02 pm

cheers ladies, ill have to try something cold.

good job ive got plenty of snow in the back garden! lol

xx

by cakey_baby on 6th January 2010, 11:53 pm

This was the worst part of the healing process for me so i know how you feel hun! it should pass in a couple of weeks then you will start getting flakey skin from all the stretching.

x x x x

by kerry on 6th January 2010, 11:58 pm

oh the joys! lol
flakey skin...its just gets better! haha

my nipples are quite dry and flakey actually, and ive got a little flaking going on on my right boobie at the side.

i also found when i got out the shower last night, put my bio oil on then put my sports bra back on they started itching! xxx

by cakey_baby on 7th January 2010, 12:04 am

Aw it does get better after that promise! if you keep on top of your moisterising it wont be so bad hun, and the itching is just because their stretching.

x x x

by mum23boys on 7th January 2010, 2:48 am

Stretching skin hun, keep slapping the bio oil on, x

by **cookie** on 7th January 2010, 3:39 am

Ouchy! I had that too, like a bad case of sunburn! Then came.... the itching! Oweeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

It goes went for me after about a week, but it wasn't pleasant babe so you have my sympathy. xxx

by kerry on 7th January 2010, 4:00 am

how often should i be applying the bio oil, im currently doing it first thing in the morning and then again after my shower in the evening.

if i applied the bio oil maybe again in tha afternoon do you think it would quicken up the healing process of this irratable raw, sun burnt feeling? xxx

by **cookie** on 7th January 2010, 4:05 am

kerry wrote:how often should i be applying the bio oil, im currently doing it first thing in the morning and then again after my shower in the evening.

if i applied the bio oil maybe again in tha afternoon do you think it would quicken up the healing process of this irratable raw, sun burnt feeling? xxx

Thats the best way I can describe how my boobs felt, they were really raw and painful to the touch, like all the nerve ending had come to the tops of my boobs!

I found ice packs helped me through this period so much! I also used tons of E45 as it felt like my boobs were stretching to the max and they were very dry and flaky!!!.

by kerry on 7th January 2010, 4:26 am

yeah i think ice packs or some kind of cooling is going to be the way forward, not so sure if i could handle cold peas as such might try a cool flannel tonight though!!

xx

by alfie on 7th January 2010, 5:02 am

Hiya, my boobs feel like this too and I've started to get dry flaky skin at the sides. I'm gonna start slapping on the E45. Mine are mega sensitive when I go out in the cold..it's a horrible sensation.

by cherry74 on 9th January 2010, 8:04 am

Yep I got this feeling too Kerry... and you described it to a T (sunburnt feeling). I've been applying the ole bio oil too, but when I think about it, with it being an oil, it kind of 'cooked' me boobs

Maybe it was just in my mind, but I reverted to Palmers Cocoa Butter for the time being and that feeling seems to be fading :)

xo

by kerry on 10th January 2010, 9:58 pm

the raw / sunburnt feelin seems to have subsoded a little today, the dry skin has started now and boy did i wake up the itchey boobs this morning, they were driving me insane!! i put bio oil on them quick and got them packed away in ther sports bra before i started to claw at them!! lol

xx

by wendychough on 1st September 2010, 7:57 am

I'm about 3 wks post op and my nips get hard if I even walk down the hall!! They are soooo sensitive. And so is my skin. It's like someone rubbed sandpaper across sunburned skin!! I think it's because of the raw/damaged nerve endings and they just need time to heal. I've had nerve damage from surgery on my leg before and it feels pretty similar. Haven't felt itchy yet though... now I'm scared! Yikes!

by wendychough on 1st September 2010, 8:01 am

Oh...AND I have a 2yr old and a 7month old. Holding them is TORTURE!! Especially the little one because she is sooooo squirmy and doesn"t know she is hurting me!

by kerry on 1st September 2010, 9:16 pm

hi wendy
3 weeks post opp, that seems ages away from when i had mine done, i can sympathise with you greatly! lol
i got the itchy burning feeling, but it didnt last too long, about 4or5 days, mine have settled nicely, still wear my sports bra's at night though! lol
you had a big implant, what size you hoping for? xx

by suz0410 on 1st September 2010, 9:36 pm

I have been having that feeling for the past 3 days now, I am hoping it will start to ease off now. It does feel like really raw skin,

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