WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Below are graphic bilateral mastectomy photos without reconstruction. No, there are NOT any before bare breast photos, but there are several post-op bare chest photos of me.
Why am I doing this? Because when I was diagnosed and scheduled for surgery, Mark and I searched the web to see what a mastectomy looked like in the different stages of healing. While we did come across many photos, there were also a lot of before photos of bare breasts which we were not interested in as we wanted to see more of the AFTER photos. So, this is just another means of helping and supporting myself and other women who have to undergo surgery for breast cancer and are curious as to what it looks like. We're all different so obviously the healing stage will not be the same for everyone, plus I'm a slow scar healer.
Am I embarrassed about showing these photos? Absolutely not. I have nothing to be embarrassed OR ashamed of - I have no breasts, it is simply my chest. We are taking photos of the different stages while I heal to see how I progress with the scar changes. I'll be adding more in the weeks and months to come as it takes 6 to 12 months for complete healing. Also, once I'm completely healed we are having professional photos taken - with and without our shirts.
The first 4 photos are before and after with my top on. Please be advised that the remaining photos are bare chest only, with and without surgery staples, etc. If you do not want to see that part, please click away before you reach it - warnings are in place prior to the photos.
Peace and Love, Rocki
(note: I just noticed that some photos have odd coloring of me as if I'm covered in freckles more than I am or oddly tanned. This is probably from having to lighten them up as some were kind of dark. Just sayin)
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| Two days before mastectomy surgery (without bra) |
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| 21 days after bilateral total mastectomy without reconstruction |
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| 2 days before mastectomy surgery (without bra) |
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| 21 days after bilateral total mastectomy without reconstruction |
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
LAST CHANCE TO CLICK AWAY.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE GRAPHIC PHOTOS OF MY BARE CHEST PLEASE CLICK OUT NOW!
BELOW STARTS THE SERIES OF PHOTOS:
WARNING! WARNING!
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| 2 days post-op, staples for closure and holding 'grenade' drainage bulbs |
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| 2 days post-op, side view showing where drainage tubes are located (each side) |
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| 5 days post-op, wearing mastectomy camisole |
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| mastectomy photo without reconstruction - 12 days post-op |
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| mastectomy photos without reconstruction - 12 days post op - smaller stapled section is where 3 sentinel nodes were removed on right side. Scars below is where the drainage tube was |
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| left side 12 days post-op |
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61 surgical staples removed 13 days post-op mastectomy surgery photo
still have swelling and bruising |
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| 13 days post-op -mastectomy photo right side |
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| 13 days post-op mastectomy photo left side |
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bilateral mastectomy without reconstruction photo - 21 days post-op
The mastectomy scars will continue to lighten up and become
less visible in time. The staple scars will eventually disappear. |
