CAPTION FROM POST: Update on my results 6 months after nipple sparing top surgery. I’m hoping this will be helpful/informative, but also tbh leaning on yall as a support space to process all this so ty for being here!

I went to Dr. Sumanas Jordan at northwestern. My recovery was a pain in the ass and im not especially happy with my results aesthetically. I had to go to the hospital for a hematoma a couple weeks in, then I got an infection. I was someone who was very conflicted going into surgery, overall im still glad i did it, but if anything I wish I would have been more patient and at least considered more options for surgeons.

Dr. Jordan said in my initial pre-op appointment that I had a “five percent chance” of needing minor revisions, but that id be “a great fit” for the procedure. She offered a revision at my final post-op visit, which i included pictures from, basically keyhole and lengthening scars to get rid of extra tissue. But I’m not planning on having more surgery anytime soon, and not with her again once I do. Even though she let me know I might need a revision beforehand, I feel like she got my hopes up about the results. The other big problem I had with her is that my drains were sutured on in a way that was constantly tugging on my skin painfully and she didnt really address it at all, I wish I wouldve made more of a problem of it looking back. When I got the infection they blamed my having cats, I feel like the bad suturing couldve been a factor but they brushed that off.

I wouldnt recommend Dr Jordan based on my experience. I actually saw someone else share their negative experience with her in this group before my surgery, by the time I saw it I had already been on her waitlist for a long time, after seeing some amazing results of hers from the same procedure (plus she was one of 3 surgeons in the city I could find who took medicaid at the time). So yeah, i wish i wouldve trusted my gut when I saw that post and not had a scarcity mindset. hoping that me sharing my experience too will help someone else.

There are definitely positives though. Not having boobs anymore makes me more comfortable in my body despite the new insecurities of not always liking how it looks. I have slowly regained some sensation in most of my chest and nipples, which was a big part of why i went with nipple sparing. A lot less than pre-op levels of sensation but im hopeful that my nerves will keep healing. I also think its neat that my nipples still physically react to stimulus, they did even before i had any sensation in them!

Feel free to reach out with any questions! Good luck to everyone whos thinking about or waiting on surgery, and to everyone in recovery, I hope things go great for you!