It was only an hour and a half. My surgeon did it as a gynecomastia for male breast enlargement. Not bad, he said I was just a little bigger than what he would consider stage two. (stage one is just a bit of puffy glands under the nipple and stage two is more gland growth, closer to feminine).
Originally he had planned on starting with liposuction and then cutting out the glands, but when he got into surgery he had apparently not seen fat in my chest (I have been on T since May and was 98lb before starting, gained weight in belly and muscle once on T), so inside I was basically only glands.
Because of that, he ended up scalpel-ing everything out in a solid piece on each side, so that he could remove it all and eliminate odds of any bumpiness. This is because I am skinny enough my ribs kinda show so I didn't want any extra meat on my chest like some guys have, I was going for the super lean emo-boy look.
He took a photo immediately after surgery so swelling wouldn't set in yet, when I get my drains removed he will show me the picture so that's going to be on Wednesday unless he emails it first.
I had asked about getting extra skin removed but he said there was an 85% chance that since I am so lean (his fittest ever gynecomastia at 120lb) and young (only 21 with 'tough skin' supposedly good on collagen) that he thinks it will shrink right up without any extra looseness and that if there is any extra skin, I can have that removed on the 6 week away appointment to get my nipples resized as I'd like them smaller. The tips are the only part that really bugs me, just large for a guy.
Can't wait to see what I look like without all the wrappings on! Sunday will be my first day taking off the compression shirt (majorly tight!!) and bandages for a gentle cleaning with baby wipes.
