No bra, no steristrip...does this sound ok?
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No bra, no steristrip...does this sound ok?
So at my post op yest with the nurse she was happy with how I'm healing, she removed the dressings over my stitches and let me see them. Still look all sore and slightly bruised underneath but she said there looking good. The nurse then just put a small thin line of steristrip over the stitches.
I have dissolvable stitches btw, and she said today as I'm a week, I can shower, she said the steristip will probably just fall off but that's fine. Just make sure I keep my wounds dry after showering.
All fine.
But now, here's the thing, iv been told by my PS to go braless during recovery. I don't see him for another 5 weeks so, braless for all that time, no steristrip or anything...does this sound ok?
Just feel like I'm very open and vulnerable? Like there's nothing protecting them or the incisions?
She did give me a spare pack of steristrip to use but think that was more because I went green when she took the strips off and I checked them, felt woozy
I said to her I don't really want to not wear a bra like, on school run in summer, nipples out etc! She said a cotton bra will be fine to wear up not all the time. UK make sure it's long so it doesn't sit on my incisions. Well, that bra doesn't exist. ....
Sorry guys, I know I'm probably moaning about silly stuff, but they just see, very blasé about it, like, Yeh do what you want! Lol
And im just a it unsure really......I have those belvia vest type things but again, there quite tight so, this isn't what Dr Sleiter wants me in, as he wants the implant to drop and cause a nat crease, as I didn't have one pre op.
Help!
I have dissolvable stitches btw, and she said today as I'm a week, I can shower, she said the steristip will probably just fall off but that's fine. Just make sure I keep my wounds dry after showering.
All fine.
But now, here's the thing, iv been told by my PS to go braless during recovery. I don't see him for another 5 weeks so, braless for all that time, no steristrip or anything...does this sound ok?
Just feel like I'm very open and vulnerable? Like there's nothing protecting them or the incisions?
She did give me a spare pack of steristrip to use but think that was more because I went green when she took the strips off and I checked them, felt woozy
I said to her I don't really want to not wear a bra like, on school run in summer, nipples out etc! She said a cotton bra will be fine to wear up not all the time. UK make sure it's long so it doesn't sit on my incisions. Well, that bra doesn't exist. ....
Sorry guys, I know I'm probably moaning about silly stuff, but they just see, very blasé about it, like, Yeh do what you want! Lol
And im just a it unsure really......I have those belvia vest type things but again, there quite tight so, this isn't what Dr Sleiter wants me in, as he wants the implant to drop and cause a nat crease, as I didn't have one pre op.
Help!
Twinky- BJSF Elite Member
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Re: No bra, no steristrip...does this sound ok?
Bra wise, perhaps just wear a vest with built in 'support'....they aren't actuallu supportive, especially if you buy a size bigger, but will protect your modesty!!
My incisions just had thin steri strips on them and nothing else. I was asked to keep them on as long as possible and one set lasted around 3 weeks I think! They started peeling very slightly around the edges but with showering everyday and cool drying with hairdryer they lasted fine.
My incisions just had thin steri strips on them and nothing else. I was asked to keep them on as long as possible and one set lasted around 3 weeks I think! They started peeling very slightly around the edges but with showering everyday and cool drying with hairdryer they lasted fine.
Mammamia- BJSF Elite Member
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Re: No bra, no steristrip...does this sound ok?
Hi. After my 2 week PO check I just had a small white strip over my resolvable sutures. And the bra thing, if the surgeon has advised you wear no bra then that's what I would do. Just follow surgeons advice. It maybe because your breast tissue is very tight maybe. Don't really know. But as for stitches and feeling vunrable I think you will be ok. Just make sure you keep the area dry. Xxx
anneritchley- BJSF Elite Member
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Re: No bra, no steristrip...does this sound ok?
A lot of girls are told no bra, it's perfectly normal, using gravity to help them drop! That's just your surgeons preference. Comfort bras, like the Belvia, or a yoga low impact bra will be ok for out and about for your modesty.
Seristrips is fine too. At my one week, I was told I could shower, and to replace them after showering daily for another week, then they were fine. If you're nervous once the strip comes off, replace it with a new one. It won't harm, if it makes you feel better. But everything you've been told is normal.
Seristrips is fine too. At my one week, I was told I could shower, and to replace them after showering daily for another week, then they were fine. If you're nervous once the strip comes off, replace it with a new one. It won't harm, if it makes you feel better. But everything you've been told is normal.
Charlii- Moderator
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Re: No bra, no steristrip...does this sound ok?
I had all of my dressings removed at 10 days post op and had nothing at all covering the incisions from then. Although I was wearing a bra. I'm sure the no bra is the right thing to do if that's what your surgeon said xx
going4it- BJSF Addict
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Re: No bra, no steristrip...does this sound ok?
Thanks guys, feel so much better today. No morning boob at all this am, im day 8 now
i had my shower yest and got a vest top on under my clothing and I feel so much better. Iv been having a little look at my incisions and boobies and think the right boob has actually dropping a little already, got a small ish crease coming, so chuffed!
i had my shower yest and got a vest top on under my clothing and I feel so much better. Iv been having a little look at my incisions and boobies and think the right boob has actually dropping a little already, got a small ish crease coming, so chuffed!
Twinky- BJSF Elite Member
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