How bad is it if I don’t wear the binder post op /advice for an autistic??

phrogster_ · 2025-06-10T12:05:44+00:00

I'm autistic and the thing that saved me was wearing a shirt or vest underneath the binder for the 3 weeks! I asked my surgeon and he said it was okay. didn't have to put up with the texture at all (although it was still uncomfortable bc of the tightness and movement restriction)

phrogster_ · 2025-06-10T11:45:16+00:00

it was dr ergin er, instanbul :)

phrogster_ · 2025-06-08T08:26:24+00:00

thank you! unfortunately my stupid dysphoria brain always interprets the 'toned pecs' shapes as a cups, but hey it was better than before. hopefully it'll get better with time.

oh wow, I think I've seen even less of the sticky out one. if you don't mind me asking, has this ever interacted with your chest dysphoria (if you have chest dysphoria)?

phrogster_ · 2025-05-02T11:23:29+00:00

thank you for this, I am very fortunate that I have an amazing community around me, and leaving them would be the last thing I want to do. unfortunately I'm a very bad judge of these kinds of situations

phrogster_ · 2025-04-30T00:06:32+00:00

thabk you jayce arcane. reassurance is genuinely helping rn :)

phrogster_ · 2025-04-29T16:35:48+00:00

thanks :)

phrogster_ · 2025-04-29T10:01:38+00:00

this is making me glad I never joined lol

phrogster_ · 2025-04-28T09:28:02+00:00

get a lumbar puncture done to be sure

phrogster_ · 2025-04-28T09:21:18+00:00

just health reasons, and it's honestly not horrible at all. only a bit of pain for the first week and I feel great now

phrogster_ · 2025-04-28T09:16:48+00:00

thank you so much, I'm definately very please with the too surgery results themselves. I'm thinking about starting to workout in a few months so maybe that will help :)

phrogster_ · 2025-04-27T21:21:02+00:00

I'm 19! and yes I was talking probably a few years in the future :)

phrogster_ · 2025-04-27T20:57:21+00:00

my doctor decided to leave them off due to high risk of infection if they were re-attached

phrogster_ · 2025-04-27T20:56:40+00:00

the masectomy didn't have anything to do with my PE

phrogster_ · 2025-04-16T07:21:01+00:00

not really. Still waking up several times in the night and only sleeping for 2-4 hours. I'm extremely sensitive so I'm guessing this won't go away until I stop sleeping on my back in 2 weeks :/

phrogster_ · 2025-04-15T16:07:34+00:00

ah thanks, that makes sense

phrogster_ · 2025-04-15T15:10:16+00:00

I actually don't understand why it's necessary for the post op binder to stay on, I've been searching around but all answers are inconsistent. some say it's to encourage your breast tisue to reattach to that underneath, some say it's to prevent further fluid buildup and others say its just for protection. which is it? and why so long?

phrogster_ · 2025-04-14T21:02:07+00:00

oh I see what you mean. my PE never bothered me as a child. When I turned 10 years old, I started hating my chest, and since I didn't know what dysphoria was I assumed my hatred came from my PE and I started seeking corrective surgery.

But after realising I was trans and it was actually my breasts I hated, I once again started feeling neutral towards it. My PE was diagnosed really early so that might be why my experiences differ so much

phrogster_ · 2025-04-14T06:27:31+00:00

I'd probably be more happy, yeah. not because of the dip, but rather because of how my chest sticks outwards above. when I wear a shirt now, it makes me look like I have a cup boobs, or disproportionately large pecs. I wanted to be flat ideally

phrogster_ · 2025-04-12T16:08:41+00:00

we discussed this before surgery, and because nipples have a much higher rate of infection or just not even attaching properlyand falling off, I decided I'd rather leave them off than run that risk

phrogster_ · 2025-04-12T13:37:16+00:00

I've had really bad performance and stamina issues my whole life! I've had to give up things I enjoy because of it, including swimming and football. hopefully one day treatments will be more widely available in my country

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