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I can not describe the feeling of looking in the mirror after my double mastectomy and realizing that a part of myself was permanently gone. The cognitive dissonance was indescribable. It was surreal. 1/
I can’t recommend that anyone get it. I was so dysphoric about my breasts. I didn’t want to wear a binder anymore. I often thought about trying to remove them myself, but now that they’re gone I wished that I could have done the work to accept my body for what it was. 2/
No surgery will give you a male chest. This is something surgeons don’t tell you. They tell you it will look like a male chest, but it doesn’t always. It will probably look like you just had a double mastectomy. 3/
I sincerely hope that anyone who gets it is happier with themselves afterwards and does not feel the emptiness that I still do most times. I want people to hear my story though and for everyone to know that it will not make you feel complete or fulfilled. 4/4
I might make another thread about this later I think I have more to say about it
I don’t want to be pitied though please don’t pity me. I’m happy with myself and my life. I am fulfilled in every other aspect of my life.
