Right, here are my one month post-op pics. Be warned: I'm a tubby mofo. I got on the scale at pre-op and was 221. Bets were made and Dr Nahai announced that the left one was 3.5# and the right one was 3#. So my left side got more damage, I lost 6.5# in three hours, and then another five in three week Before I know it I'll be able to get into my friend's skinny-bitch jeans. Only for a minute, though, just to prove a point. And check out my arse.
All this is the work of Dr Farzad Nahai of Atlanta, Georgia. I'm maybe his third or fourth double mastectomy with nipple graft, but I am definitely impressed. These were taken one month post-op; my surgery was 23 April. The side view is my left side, which was bigger and has had the most swelling. My nipples are numb, but I know the nerves are reconnecting [weird story later and when I'm not on Ambien] and the thick band of numbness around my chest and under my arms is starting to reduce. So, hooray! And you can tell that the scar line is very thin already, which is why he changed his mind about that specialised scar tape and just gave me some cheap paper tape to use for a couple weeks. There is still a lot of swelling and there is a little puckering that Dr Nahai says will go down within 3-6 months. Exercise will help with some of it [let's face it, I'm a big guy with more jiggly than a Jello factory.] Everyone who has seen this up close can tell he really does a great job, and if he gets to work on more FtM guys, he's going to get better and better.
Metroderm is the surgery/clinic/practise where he works, on Johnson Ferry Road, practically next door to Northside Hospital. They accept insurance that pays for surgeries like this. I'm on Medicare with a Medicaid supplement. If Medicare denied coverage, I'd have to pay $4000 out of pocket. Which is damn good. However, they charged Medicare $3000, and Medicare paid out. My final bill: $60 for the compression garment they put on me after the procedure. And I had lots of Percocet to keep me happy for about a month!
