TOPIC: Last minute tips

Looking good so far!

Swelling is way down, maybe all gone. Shrunk down to about 4.8 mseg. I hope it comes back. This is monday after the procedure last tuesday. Still almost zero discomfort at all. A little tender at the base to the touch only, but not really.

Thank you booked for posting your experiences on here.

I'd be glad to hear from any vets. Reading through other threads i keep hearing about nodules, but I just can't find anything like that. It is all smooth. I am not unhappy about it obviously, but i'm curious why it is different. I guess people's bodies just tolerate things in very different ways, i don't know. Or they have polished their technique with experience. Or both.

By the way I don't know if I mentioned, everything good you hear about the doc and crew is true. Really nice people.

Well, it seems like most people notice the nodules after the swelling recedes, has it recedes yet? Hey, you could just be lucky! Cheerio!

Yea it's all gone. The swelling i mean. It was done yesterday, at a week from the date. I'm asking because it makes me think I'm not looking right, or not looking close enough or something. But no matter what i do i can't feel any unevenness other than the slight depression on the right side.

Heh, ok within an hour of that last post some kind of change started this evening, a week to the day from the procedure. I found two tiny, almost microscopic little nodules, at about where two of the entry points were i think. Also a tiny bit of size in general seems to have come back at the same time, don't know if it is just swelling a little again or what.

So what is the procedure for the little nodules? I know you're supposed to smush them but it seems like i don't want to pinch to hard at anything and upset the uniformity of the PMMA. Any advice appreciated.

So you are supposed to try to squeeze these injection site nodules? I can't get them to answer an email, and i can't remember anything they told me that first day, i was too nervous.

I was instructed (by Wade) to keep squeezing the entry points. I didn't ask him specifically why, but from what I've gathered from experience, it seems like failing to squeeze these areas allows them accumulate/clump ultimately leading to nodules. At least that's what I think.

I remember after one of my rounds I was afraid I'd lose too much product so I resisted squeezing the entry points - big mistake. Most of my significant nodules came after that idiotic post-care. Had I listened to Wade step-for-step, I'm almost certain I would have reduced (not necessarily eliminated) nodules. Good luck!

Thank you very much for answering me. Has anybody come up with a better way to deal with them? I haven't seen one. It really feels like squeezing doesn't faze them a bit.

The injection point bumps are not going away. It seems like a little size has come back, almost to 5.0 in the middle. 4.9ish to nearly 5.0.

I also want to mention i don't think losing length is a necessary part of this at all. I've kept it stretched with the all day stretcher, especially that first week, and I haven't lost anything.

booked wrote: The injection point bumps are not going away. It seems like a little size has come back, almost to 5.0 in the middle. 4.9ish to nearly 5.0.

They (injection point bumps) can take some time to go away. After my first round, I just accepted that they would be with me forever (not visible, only palpable), but sure enough, over time they became less noticeable until they were completely undetectable.

I was instructed to squeeze entry point to stop Nodule formation but after a week or so the entry points are totally closed so I don't think squeezing now would be any benefit to you Booked. I also can't find any lumps bumps or hard spots. I do think I lost some length, wish I would have used stretcher. I used sleeve Wade gave me.

Skeptical One wrote:

booked wrote: The injection point bumps are not going away. It seems like a little size has come back, almost to 5.0 in the middle. 4.9ish to nearly 5.0.

They (injection point bumps) can take some time to go away. After my first round, I just accepted that they would be with me forever (not visible, only palpable), but sure enough, over time they became less noticeable until they were completely undetectable.

Yea Wade said there was no need now, they are already closed. Too bad they appeared that way- like i said, it was over a week before they showed. Oh well, nothing i can do but wait it out. thanks