Advice on showering please!

[Hannah]

I’m 3 days post op and I feel disgusting having not showered! I’ve been like washing with a hot flannel and plain soap but I feel horrible. Am I allowed to wash my boobs without touching the dressing? Also it feels weird touching them as they are still sore and hard. Eek. Thankyou!! X

• This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Hannah 18.

Hi Hannah! I am 5 days PO and feel the same. Washing is definitely a game of 2 halves lol. I have been sink washing my top half gently without too much water on the sponge avoiding the dressings. Weirdly obsessed with trying to get rid of the damn pen marks. My chest looked like a football pitch! Then I have sat in a small bath to do the rest. Found it all exhausting but worth it. X

@hannahkbb I felt so gross at that stage! So damn gross! It gets better once you can shower but even then my nipples and breasts were tender so ended up keeping a Macon bra aside just for showering in … Sound so silly but really helped me out

Aw this was the worst part for me because I’m forever in the shower/bath! what I did was tie a tank top or something around my boobs and got someone to help me into a bath and I just like washed my bottom half properly and then used a flannel for under arms the boobs at 3 days I’d just leave they will be fine being a bit oily! best of luck with your recovery!! Xxxd

My nurse advised me to use baby oil to get the pen marks off, i tried it using a cotton bud and it worked well without having to scrub it off xx

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