#periareolar

[transmisc2]

periareolar 🖤🩸

[pansexualspider]

Can’t post on my normal social for ✨reasons✨ but they’re too aesthetically pretty to just live on my camera roll

[boyhoneypot]

peri post op: 10 days & 18 days. The gauze tape is coming off on its own👍🏽 The tape on my nips is also collecting a lot of fuzz from my hoodie✨ anyway my surgeon & her team ate n left no crumbs 💯

[lukelgbt]

periareolar scar reducing revision surgery experiences?

Hey, I'm looking for advice/experiences around a peri-areolar revision surgery.

I had periareolar 5 years ago or so. The shape and position is perfect (shoutout to Kneeshaw in the UK) but the areolas and the scars around them have stretched significantly. I don't have the confidence to go shirtless which was something I'd really hoped for from surgery. :(

I had a consult with Brendan Wooler, very jolly guy at the same hospital. He said they often get the complaint about scars/areolas stretching out over time post-peri, and they will perform revision surgeries 'at least a couple of times' in hopes of getting the desired look. I moved countries since then though, so I thought I'd try and find a surgeon here.

The surgeon here (van der Sluis) seems legit and sensible, super friendly, but he said 'I'm a lot less optimistic about the results than Wooler', and that 18 of the 20 times he's performed this sort of revision, the scars stretch back out. 'No matter if you keep the T-rex arms all the time, no matter if you stick to the exact instructions'. He suggested just getting the shape of them fixed with a smaller surgery under local anaesthetic, and getting the scars medically tattooed to camouflage them.

At the time I agreed, but I am now wondering if I should still give those odds a shot since I have no body confidence right now at all, and scar tattooing has to be repeated every few years. I would obviously prefer local anaesthetic and a smaller surgery (although I'm sure it won't hurt as much as the real deal did), but I don't want to regret that I would never have known whether a revision would have worked out perfectly. I am also a little concerned that the areola position could change, because like I said I am happy with that aspect of it.

For my first surgery, I was told from day one to perform regular physio stretches that were much too drastic (touching your hand to your back over your shoulder!?) which I blindly obeyed. One areola got infected and lost some skin. There was no scar tape or silicone strips either, which the new surgeon recommends. I think I had pretty bad conditions for healing the first time, and wonder if it's worth a shot under these better circumstances.

My question is: have you had a scar-reducing/areolar-reducing revision to peri? Or have you heard about any success rates for it? I want to know whose odds to trust - whether Wooler was too positive or van der Sluis is overly pessimistic. Thanks in advance!

[rotten-queer]

https://gofund.me/bf607400

I'm applying for grants and picking up more hours at work, but any help is very appreciated.

The goal is the minimum cost of surgery.

I finally have my consult soon!

[angelic-transsexual]

Things I learned post top surgery (peri edition) 5 days post-op

Being put to sleep and waking up wasn’t as scary I thought it was gonna be

Huge amounts of tightness and soreness in my chest area

Numb chest

Drains are annoying little bitches

T-Rex arms are real as fuck

I actually had a bit of trouble trying to pee the night I got home, it took my body a bit to get back to being able to pee normally

Neck pillows are both your friend and your enemy

Bad posture due to binder from hell

My back is sore from my bad posture and sleeping elevated

Applesauce is your best friend the first few days post-op

Liquid IV helped my sore throat from the tube they put down my throat

Car rides are a no

Help from others even if it’s just little things is a big yes

LOTS OF WATER

I got orange stained skin from something they put on my body during surgery, don’t know exactly what it is

I’m actually very slow at walking

Walking around every few hours is one of the best things you could do

You need assistance to bathe, and I couldn’t take a shower for 48 hrs after surgery

Wipes are your friend

Greasy hair is expected to

Flannels and sweatpants are the best clothing options

My hunger has been up and down, sometimes I’m super hungry and sometimes I’m barely hungry

Painkillers and Tylenol are your absolute best friend

[batz]

it's been like 2 years since my top surgery and this is literally the first I'm hearing of massaging scar tissue lumps hello?

YEAH i dont exactly know what causes them, but if you had a larger chest prior to the surgery and also got lipo during ur top surgery it can heighten the chances of internal scar tissue! bc theres just More that has to be removed so the physical trauma is a bit larger ig? i believe this happens after any major surgery in a relatively fatty area of the body, its just how fat Heals i gues !

getting rid of any hardness after top surgery (whether it be scar tissue, hematoma or calcified seroma) usually involves a TON of massaging to help break down whatever it is and have it reabsorbed into the body.

dont get me started on the popping and the squelching sounds that can happen bc of these (i actually got a recording of it to send to my surgeon bc i was Scared LMAO). its kinda nasty feeling but relatively temporary and completely normal. im also only 3 months post op so im still healing:) what matters is my chest Looks good and i feel good n happy! aside from scar tissue pain,,,

[lachryphage]

TOP SURGERY DECEMBER 8TH IT'S HAPPENING BABEY!!!!

[thatshowtheygetcha]

1 month post-op

[doublism]

double incision = name of a metal band

keyhole = britpop band that never took off

fishmouth = largely forgotten 60s hippie psychedelic rock band with small cult following

periareolar = stylized as Perry Areola, drag king pop singer

inverted t anchor = industrial music

[branchiopod]

fuck post-op pain omg

[triptychofvoids]

hello doc, in your opinion what is the best method for top surgery (ex. keyhole, double incision, fish mouth) ?

what i consider the 'best' method of top surgery depends entirely on both chest size and skin elasticity! theres no overall best method, just what will be best for the person. the surgeon will most likely chose the method or at least tell you which of the methods they will be able to do for you, and if you want a different method done for whatever reason that is something you will have to talk with the surgeon about.

keyhole and periareolar usually work best for small chest sizes, for a medium size your surgeon may decide on periareolar, buttonhole, double incision, or inverted t, and for larger chests usually buttonhole or double incision! but like i said, it will vary depending on exact size and skin elasticity. that doesnt mean you will get no say in the matter though, just that you will have to talk to the surgeon about specifics and what sort of results you want!

[bundleofboys]

does casio have top surgery scars that we dont see or did he get that magic top surgery?

I actually thought about this a bit while I was recovering from my own top surgery! Personally, I don't mind "magical" transitioning as a trope or concept because you bet your ass if magic was real I'd be using it on myself, and we're all just trying to have fun here anyway.

That being said, in a non-magical or more literal interpretation of the fiction, I've been working under the loose idea that Casio had periareolar top surgery (which, I'm gonna be honest, I did not know about until last year).

For those who are squeamish/don't want to risk seeing medical photos in a Google search, periareolar top surgery is when incisions are made around the areola in order to remove breast tissue. The incisions and scars themselves are a lot less apparent when compared to double incision mastectomies (the other type of top surgery that leaves curved scars at the base of the chest), so they're functionally invisible when it comes to art and drawing Casio's chest.

Anyway, that's about as deeply as I've thought about it. Thank you for the question!

[twinfools]

I’ve had 4 chest surgeries over my 13 years in medical transition and I’m here to say: sometimes it’s not just one surgery!

My first surgery was a periareolar because I was a good candidate for it (very small chested, good skin elasticity). The result was— in a word— disappointing, and I was very self conscious of some skin sagging and larger than average nipples. This was compounded by some pretty vicious bullying I experienced related to how my chest looked (don’t EVER mock gender-affirming surgery results— truly vile thing to do).

I had a small revision to resolve the sagging skin— so things were better for a while.

I decided, after a few years, to get a revision to make my nipples smaller. This went well, though they weren’t reduced to the size I had been hoping.

Last year I decided to pursue a “re-do”. I knew that further nipple/areola revisions were unlikely to produce the results I wanted and felt that removing my nipples all together would be the closest I could get to what I wanted. I had learned a lot about nipple tattooing and I didn’t care about nipple sensation so the idea of choosing the size and placement of my nipples was really appealing— even if they would be 2D/aesthetic.

I went to a surgeon who agreed with my plan and proposed a double incision, no nipple grafts. It also turned out that I had residual tissue in my chest that a previous surgeon had said was my sternum… this wasn’t the case. I had surgery, which removed my nipples, added horizontal double incision scars and made my chest flatter. A few months ago I went for my first nipple tattoo session :)

I’m really happy with how things look… and it also took a long time to get here. My chest isn’t perfect, no chest is, but I am writing this to acknowledge that surgery (for many) isn’t a one and done and perfect thing. Disappointment is real. Post-op depression is real. And a journey after your long journey to get that initial surgery is very real.

I chose to have additional surgeries and had the resources to do this. Not everyone does or wants to. Whatever your situation please know that you aren’t alone if you don’t have that “this is perfect” awestruck moment on chest reveal day. Allow healing, allow time, allow disappointment and honesty and ask about options— it’s not as unusual a circumstance as it may seem!

[angelic-transsexual]

I’m kinda tired of the “trans men have it easier” bit.

Especially as a feminine trans man. Even with years of hrt and top surgery there are times I’m seen as a woman for simply how I express myself. Testosterone is not some magical passing hormone that so many people make it out to be. And if anything, my chest makes MORE PEOPLE stare at me. Even though I had peri top surgery, my scars are very unique and that makes people stare.

[fronomeeps]

Kind of a weird question, but how come Ingo has top surgery scars but not Emmet? Only fraternal twins can be different sexes at birth as far as I'm aware, and Ingo and Emmet are very likely identical twins considering how similar they look. I hope I don't sound too intrusive, I'm just curious because I'm an identical twin myself and pick out these kinds of details pretty easily.

youre good and thank you for the curiosity! my hc for them is ingo got double incision while emmet got periareolar, hence no visible scar!

for the most part while theyre young, thin, somewhat fit guys there isn't much of a physical difference other than scarring. and with clothes on theyre identical! but as they get older and put on some weight emmet does get generally floppier man titties than ingo just because of the nature of the procedure with his specific body. i try to differentiate their older body shapes with this in mind especially when they're shirtless but sometimes i make them a bit too similar!

and of course i apologize for any inaccuracies with this! im continuing to do research on it and gathering from as many sources as i can but ive definately got more info to nab! so while this is the current hc some things might be subject to change :3c