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I haven't had top surgery, but afterwards do your nipples still have feeling in them?

mine don't have feeling and my sensation never came back for some of my chest. i can feel pressure but i can't really feel like water hitting my chest or the change in temperature of water. i don't think too much about it because it isn't something i'm hyper aware of or really care about.

Quote from: invisiblemonsters on July 24, 2016, 06:53:06 PM
mine don't have feeling and my sensation never came back for some of my chest. i can feel pressure but i can't really feel like water hitting my chest or the change in temperature of water. i don't think too much about it because it isn't something i'm hyper aware of or really care about.

I don't have much feeling in them pre surgery. It just annoys me for them to be touched.

I got pretty much all of the sensation to my whole chest back over time as the nerves reconnected (I suppose?), nipples included. I think it's mainly because despite of having double incisions my nipples didn't have to be relocated (or resized for that matter).

It was kinda funny for a while when I still hadn't got sensation back to the nipples when it came to touch but they still reacted to cold etc... :D

The feeling you get depends alot on the type of surgery you have.  When the nipples are removed with the nerves and blood supply still attached you have a much better chance of keeping the feelings.

My doctor says I should gain feeling in my whole chest area over time (I'm only about 7 1/2 weeks post op) I don't really know or care if nipple feeling comes back because even in intimacy with my partner I don't like them being touched and never enjoyed the feeling. But I think it's different for every body and how each surgeon does their procedure

I'm a little over a year post op and i don't have any feeling in mine. Some areas of my chest are still kind of numb as well. Doesn't bother me though

Double incision here, about 15 months post-op. Since they grafted my nipples back on, I've had very little sensation return so far. I can feel pain if they're pinched or tugged. I poked one with a needle once and it hurt. They react to cold and to being handled roughly. But to simply caress them...I feel very little. I firmly believe that over time the nerves will reconnect and I'll have the same sensitivity and enjoyment I had pre-op. The human body is an absolute miracle.

I had double incision about 15 months ago. My nipples were removed, resized, and then reattached. I have no erotic feeling in them. They can feel hot/cold and I can feel pressure on them if you were to press on them, but other than that nothing. Light touching, I can't feel.

Quote from: Amadeus on July 26, 2016, 12:55:40 AM
Double incision here, about 15 months post-op. Since they grafted my nipples back on, I've had very little sensation return so far. I can feel pain if they're pinched or tugged. I poked one with a needle once and it hurt. They react to cold and to being handled roughly. But to simply caress them...I feel very little. I firmly believe that over time the nerves will reconnect and I'll have the same sensitivity and enjoyment I had pre-op. The human body is an absolute miracle.

Maybe it works because you believe it will-mind and body connection type thing.

Top surgery severs the nerves completely in the area between the outer skin like the nipple, and the spinal cord. I would expect numbness and loss of feeling to a degree as a result immediately after surgery.

However nerves do repair or regrow over time. But it's a slower process than general healing of wounds. And not always the same nerves will regrow, and not always in the same number as before.

Quote from: T.K.G.W. on July 27, 2016, 03:41:14 PM
Top surgery severs the nerves completely in the area between the outer skin like the nipple, and the spinal cord. I would expect numbness and loss of feeling to a degree as a result immediately after surgery.

However nerves do repair or regrow over time. But it's a slower process than general healing of wounds. And not always the same nerves will regrow, and not always in the same number as before.

I wonder if more nerves can grow than before. Are you in the medical profession?