Hello! This is my first post, and I have come to see if I can find ladies who have had a nipple sparing mastectomy with pre-pectoral implants. Some questions:
How do they feel?
Are you happy with how they look?
How long was your recovery time?
And the main one… how much sensation do you have in your breasts since the op? I can’t imagine having no feeling in my nipples. If you lost it, how did you cope? How much sensation can you feel in your skin? Is it improving?
Thanks in advance!
Hello Adventure pirate,
I had a MX with immediate reconstruction, skin sparing. I lost my nipple. The implant was an expander with a mesh attached ontop of my chest muscle, it was called a Braxton.
It takes time for the anaesthetic to wear off afterward (months) and your will be encouraged to take painkillers.
It feels like something is constantly pressing against my chest and i cannot lay flat in my bed, i have to be propped up.
I was told it would not look like a breast but it would be a mass that would appear breast like in a bra. That is true for me. When fully clothed it looks fine, there is no way to know it’s not real. My problem is that my other breast is much larger so i’m waiting to be balanced out. When not clothed my implant is pointy at one end and has a few bumps.
Sensation, that is hard to explain. I don’t have any feeling in that breast but i can feel sensation. I can tell that it’s being touched but not if that touch is hot or cold. I still have periods and that muscle aches the entire time.
i’m not sure how i’m coping without my nipple i do have a few close friends who also had BC so we joke about it sometimes.
Next week is the first anniversary of my surgery so i’m felling a bit low in general.
i hope this helps xx