Truman Customer Story Column
"Making Up My Mind Was the Hardest Part"
This review was written by someone who is still recovering. They wrote it during the period when they were going about daily life while wearing a compression garment.
So rather than impressions of the result, it records more precisely what their condition is right now. For those considering surgery, a record from this period can actually be more helpful.
It Is Not Yet Time to JudgeAs their biggest worries before surgery, they wrote side effects and shape, and then continued like this: "I'm still going about daily life in the compression garment, so I think I'll only really feel it once some time has passed."
That is an accurate judgment. Right after surgery, swelling remains, and the shape settles while the space left where tissue was removed adheres under compression. How things look at one month and at three months is not the same.
What We Check During This PeriodThe 12 to 48 hours right after surgery are a period with a risk of bleeding, so you spend that time with additional compression over the compression garment, and the next day, after we check at the clinic for any bleeding, we remove that compression.
After that, each time you come in on your scheduled dates, we look at whether there is a seroma, where fluid collects, and whether the shape is settling evenly. This check comes before what you can see with your eyes right now.
A Summer with a Full ScheduleAs their impression when they first came to the clinic, they wrote this: "Even though it was summer, the appointments were fully booked, which made me trust the place and also made me feel a bit more urgent."
Inquiries about gynecomastia surgery increase in summer, because it is the season when clothes get thinner. But there is no need to move your date forward out of a sense of urgency. Because there is a period of wearing a compression garment after surgery, it is actually better to choose a time when your own schedule has some room.
Not Even Knowing I Had Closed My EyesFor a memorable moment during surgery, they wrote briefly: "I didn't even know I'd closed my eyes, and it was over."
Our gynecomastia surgery is performed under sedation, and the surgery itself takes about thirty minutes. I explain the results in the recovery room after the surgery is finished.
Until Making Up Your MindThe words they left for others with the same concern were these: "It's been a complex of mine since I was young, and I feel I resolved it far too late. Making up my mind was the hardest part."
I often hear in the consultation room that the stretch until setting a surgery date is the longest one. However, this is the experience this person went through, and whether surgery is needed is something to judge after confirming your condition through an examination. For what they wanted to do after surgery, they wrote that they wanted to wear clothes in their true size.
