I Plan to Go Shirtless at the Pool

What made this person hesitate was the internet. "There were bad cases, and I worried I'd be one of them." When you look things up, those posts are what catch your eye first.

Gathering information by searching is not a bad thing in itself. But what appears on screen first are the cases that did not go smoothly. People for whom it went fine do not usually bother to write. Information gathered that way needs to be sorted through again at a consultation, against your own condition. The amount of glandular tissue, skin condition, and the state of the area around the areola change both the extent of surgery and the recovery period.

The answer in the box about a moment that stayed with them from the surgery was one line: "I fell asleep right away, so I don't know."

That answer is in fact the most common. Once anesthesia begins, the time of surgery is a complete blank for the patient. Because the operating surgeon also enters after anesthesia is complete, our conversations with patients happen in the consulting room beforehand and after the surgery is over. Having nothing to remember also means the day went as planned.

To others with the same concern, this person wrote that if you are going to do it anyway, sooner is better. Those are the words of someone who postponed it a long time. But that is their judgment, and whether surgery is needed is something to decide after an examination.

In the box asking what they would like from us, they wrote only that there was nothing. At the pool this summer, I hope things go just as they wrote.