Just thought I'd check back about the binder burn stuff. Last week I had my third post-op appointment at the 3 1/2 week mark and they seemed super happy with how I was healing and took a bunch of pictures. They said I don't have to go back until January now since everything is healing perfectly according to them. Generally I feel pretty good right now physically and today I even got to toss around a frisbee without any discomfort though I was careful not to overstretch. Scabs on the nipples are gone, one is a bit puffy/raised but apparently that's normal. Incision looks good expect for some puckering near the centre but they said it'll go away over time. There's still a bit of swelling under my armpits but they also said that it's normal up to even 6 months to have some swelling.
The marks from the binder that we've been discussing here is something the surgeon said wasn't anything to worry about in my case (meaning no blood clots! yay!
) and seemed to be just from the friction against the skin. So far the marks are still pretty visible and I'll be about 5 weeks post-op tomorrow. I'll see if I can borrow a camera to show what they look like (they aren't on my chest but under my armpits so hopefully that won't be against the TOS).
I've also been using an anti-scar gel called New Skin that was available at the drugstore for $10 the last few days. Have been putting it on parts of the incision that puckered as well as the binder marks. Maybe I'm too optimistic but seems to be very slight change even in a matter of days. I'll let you guys know if it continues to work or if its just my imagination lol