Nipple sensation has always been hugely important and erotic for me. I’m trying to come to terms with the fact I’ll likely lose it when I finally get to have it. It feels like mourning, but I know I need top surgery. It’s unfair that we must make so many sacrifices to have the bodies we should always have had. I just hope I’m lucky like you were. I’m glad to hear of someone that even maintained erotic sensation, it gives me a touch of hope
Bless you my friend, I completely understand and relate to the experience of mourning, there is so much of that with our journey, it has been especially poignant with my lower surgery journey. Transition really is a process of loss and gain and finding that tricky balance. Im glad to give you hope for surgery!
Hi Finn I’ve had top surgery and have 98 percent sensation on the whole chest . I’m a little bit numb under my arm pits which is weird but nerves are still healing three years on . We have had same surgeon . Scars still healing . I’m extremely happy with having my chest and am great full every second for it now
Hi my friend! Oh so not just me then! I wonder why we end up with sensation? I mean I guess some nerves will regrow, but for it to be erotic too, that was a surprise! And I hear you on the gratitude....every day I could cry with happiness at the freedom this chest gives!
@@FinnTheInfinncible I had two surgeries on my chest sometimes your body’s nerves can grow back stronger during healing I was told by first surgeon . After first surgery my nipples were hyper sensitive so was glad after top surgery they chilled out lol 😂
I did a lot of trawling trans subreddits and talking to other trans men about their experiences, and one of the things that came up is post-DI nip sensation - iirc (I didn't take numbers) in most cases where it exists, people end up with a 'phantom nip' patch near the incision scar. Essentially, the nip nerves are reeeeeeeaaaaaaaching for where they used to be, and when they hit the scar they decide that's 'good enough' and make the sensors there! There were also people who not only got sensation back, but got it in the right place, so you're not the only one. I ended up getting peri about five months ago, and while I temporarily lost all sensation, I've gradually regained some types... including erotic, which I *definitely* did not have in the first place. Super weird.
Bodies are amazing arent they?! Thats really interesting about the reaching part, perhaps thats the same with lower surgery, which is what then causes the displaced feeling? There is such a need for collating research isnt there? Perhaps one day I will go ahead with my PHD and do just that! So glat to hear you have sensation back!
Oh that's fascinating! I've seen people get only the nipple bud grafted (and the areola tattooed on after). I wonder if in those cases, the nerve regrowth is more "accurate" since they'd reach for the incisions around the nipple bud instead of further out
Second comment - regarding the awesome thing that is nerve regeneration (feat. my nerdy science brain and some workplace medical knowledge): Whereas the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) do not regenerate very well in mammals, the peripheral nervous system does readily. Once a nerve is cut, the end farthest from the spine (the end that gets "cut off") degenerates and is cleared away by immune cells. The end closest to the spine (the "stem" part, to use the analogy of a flower or branch) then starts to regrow and re-innervate the area. This is why sensation can sometimes be different when it returns, because the nerve regrows in a slightly different way. I had a facial nerve cut while getting my wisdom teeth out, and 2 years later suddenly noticed my lower lip wasn't numb anymore. A more extreme example, a doctor I work with had massive surgery for thyroid cancer and they cut a nerve in his neck. During one of our shifts he just started rubbing his ear in awe, it had been numb for 4 years and suddenly had sensation again. The 'sudden' return of sensation likely has to do with reconstruction of the myelin sheath and other structures that allow conduction from one neuron to another. The body is a truly strange and wonderful thing, and for those who are still waiting - nerve regeneration just takes some time. Severed nerves to not lose their ability to regenerate, even if they have been severed for a long time. Regrowth rate is on average 1mm per day, and there is a lot of ground to cover to innervate all the muscle and skin.
Oh I love this info! Thank you so much! This is especially interesting for me in terms of my lower surgery. I am 5 years post op now, and wondered if my sensation regrowth is finished, but perhaps it isnt. Exciting! You rock! And so do our amazing bodies!
I also have nipple sensation . I'll be 2 years post op in July. And my right nipple ( areola first) was feeling things about 3 weeks out. I'm like excuse me , sir. What are you doing? I feel both now (lefty caught up pretty fast) and only have that same small center patch of numbness ( even that's going away now) and a bit near my arm pits ( that could be from lipo?) So yeah... I also had a bilateral double mastectomy and I can feel most of my chest. I wasn't expecting that.
"excuse me sir what are you doing " 😆 Yes! It is looking like nipple enjoyment is rather high! Do you feel erotic sensation too? Feel free not to answer that btw.....
@@FinnTheInfinncible I.. think so( feel erotic sensation). It's a new thing for me in general ( nipples being something enjoyable.) 🤣 a few times I've gotten like a ooh. 😳 feeling.
Hi Finn. I agree totally with what you said in your video regarding nipple sensation. I don’t have much nipple sensation in mine but it’s only been a year since my top surgery. Who knows the sensation may come back. I like your last statement regarding other people’s attitudes after your top surgery. You waited a long time to get top surgery and you’re I’m enjoying it and I feel the same. I waited a lot of years to get mine done and I’m enjoying it regardless of who likes it or who doesn’t. ❤
I feel like a baby at only 3 months on T, but I've been thinking a lot about top surgery lately and I can't wait for it.. sensation be damned :P awesome video Finn! ❤️❤️❤️
Hahah sensation be dammed indeed! And you are not a baby, you are a fresh faced journey starter with an epic adventure at your feet! No harm in being prepared and looking ahead! Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment!
What up Finn, glad to see ya. Love your videos. I'm a cis, bi, female who's never experienced dysphoria in my life...until I figured out that I'm balding at 26 a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it doesn't even compare to the level of dysphoria trans people feel, but it sucks (and I'm sorry). I had suspected it, but the wake-up call came when my hairdresser said she only sees this kind of hair loss in 70 year old women. I've been a bit of a wreck, and watching your videos has been helpfully calming. So thanks I guess lol. Keep on being awesome.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, and for sharing so openly with me. I really feel for you, it is so tough when our bodies do things that are out of our control do not feel comfortable to us. And its not about comparing at all, it is all relative isnt it? how you feel is how you feel and I can hear and understand how painful balding must feel for you, especially at such a young age, I am not surprised you have been a bit of a wreck. Im glad my videos have helped a bit and I am sending you so much love. I hope that you can get some help and support with whatever your next steps might be, to try to reverse it, or to move into a space of seeing how beutifully unique you are and how much you can rock the hairless look! Sending giant hugs xxx
I had the same experience with being told I wouldn't have sensation and my surgeon being wrong. I'm 3 weeks and 1 day post op and I could feel every single part of my chest except my nipples and incisions immediately after surgery. At my 1 week reveal my surgeon noted that if I developed a hematoma or fluid they'd just stick a needle in and drain it and not to worry because my chest is numb at this stage so it wouldn't hurt and I didn't know how to say that my chest sensation was completely unaltered from before. At 2 weeks post op sensation in my incisions came back, although it's still not as strong as the rest of my chest. Also she told me before my surgery that sensation elsewhere would come back, but I absolutely unequivocally would not have even tactile sensation in my nipples, but I've been having those little nerve regrowth zaps since day 1 and as of last week I've already started regaining sensation in my left nipple on the actual nub bit and it's increasing every day. Even on people who are told they'll regain nipple sensation, I've never heard of it this early. I'm certainly going to have a very interesting post op appointment in 2 weeks where I ask her whether I just have super human nerves and need to be carted off and recruited by X-Men, or what the hell happened.
I was also told I wouldn’t have sensation, I hoped that this would’ve been true as I absolutely hated the sensation before... I can feel everything but I’m displaced areas. Very odd! But I’m beginning to ‘catch up’ as it were when I look down and seeing a flat chest which helps massively. Thank you so much for your content Finn, never TMI! ❤️
Ah bless you! I can understand that actually, as I hated how my chest felt, never really thought about that before! But now, oh boy I love my chest being touched! Thank you for your kind words!
Thanks for your vids! I like men as well and don't really have other FtM people to up too, so I got side tracked for 21 years 🙃. I'm still Pre-T now, hoping to start HRT next year, and I'm really greatfull to atleast have people on the net to help me with my questions!! Tnxx, Sir. Finn 💕
i'm over a year post-op now and i do check ins every once in awhile to see what i can feel. i still have numb patches, but there's definitely steady improvement over time. the weirdest part of top surgery for me is the nerves rewiring differently afterward. there's a spot on my side around the armpit that, when i touch it, feels like i'm touching my chest. it makes me laugh.
i have that on my face 😅 but even that can get better... if i scratch above my eyebrow i feel it between my ear and temple ...but it is much less intense and irritating than two years ago now i just had top surgery days ago and am curious how it'll go. had buttonhole, but most of my chest is numb including nipples. nerve recovery is such a very interesting field & i am excited to hear other peoples stories
Glad to give you hope! Damn covid indeed, l hope its soon for you my friend, make sure to look after yourself in the meantime, waiting is hard work on our mental health
This is really really interesting to me, thank you for sharing!! I had surgery only 11 days ago, and currently have very very little feeling, especially on my lower chest and left side(especially under my left armpit oddly enough??? But i have a hematoma on my left side too and it was more difficult) I'm excited to see how much sensation if any i get back on my chest. The feeling of nerve endings trying to reconnect is very very strange, it's all tingly and ticklish?? Every now and again i get a little jolt, especially in my rught side right near the nipple. It's so interesting.
I had my surgery may 2019 and so far I still have numb areas and sinsation in the right nipple but the left is still a sleeper! Love my man chest go shirtless as much as possible....belly is to big though.
I aso had Yelland waaay back in the day! (Great results aside from one side being a bit bigger, seems like a little bit of breast tissue left over, and my scarring is somewhat on the extreme side) I think it's also important to specify what kind of sensation. The term "sensation" is quite vague, you know? 'Thus why we also say "erotic sensation." Results vary person to person, but I usually see the general advice is that top surgery usually results in a loss of erotic sensation but you typically, but not always, get the general skin sensation back. For me, nowhere feels "numb" exactly, I have normal surface skin sensation, but if I poke and prod around my chest some areas are definitely more dulled and less sensitive than others (specifically closer to/around my nipples.) If I close my eyes and touch my nipples, there's a faint sensation (and Lord knows I can feel pain in them), but not as sensitive as the skin around them, and there's no erotic sensation anymore. They do get erect though and react to touch and temperature. I personally don't mind the loss of erotic sensation because I now love having my chest touched, with that dysphoria gone and a different shape I find hands on my chest to be super intimate and lovely.
Yes!!! This is exactly what I was talking about recently with my lower surgery sensation, that actually, sensation isnt just about feeling, but also erotic, and also just plain pleasurable in the absence of gender dysphoria! This is the same with my chest, exactly as you describe as 'super intimate and lovely' in a way it never was before, BUT I do also have distinct and definate erotic sensation in both nipples...they have a direct line to my lower area....and it is definately not my imagination. I have no idea how this is possible!
@@FinnTheInfinncible I assume that during recovery your nerves basically just won the recovery lottery, allowing for keeping some of the old sensation! Definitely very neat, and I remember in the past some guys saying they'd had similar experiences, so there must be more out there. And yeah, even without the erotic sensation, surgery has turned my chest into a much better area, so when I meet guys that aren't afraid to go near my scars (had one guy terrified he would accidentally hurt me, bless him) it's so nice.
@@FelixFFern my nerves won the lottery! But yes, exactly that it's just so wonderful to feel.pleasure isnt it! I melt atbthe slightest touch by my partner! To feel joy at touch rather than fear or repulsion is never going to get old! Yay for surgery freedom!
I was one of those who had a reduction before my full top surgery. I had extreme sensation after my reduction, but my surgeon told me that the reduction would affect my final top surgery as he had to cut the nerves to my nipples to put them in a different place. I can honestly say that after having no sensation to hypersensitivity, the lack of sensation was very welcome. I now wish I could have had some sort of "middle of the road" sensation after all was said and done. That's my experience. Always ask your surgeon of course, there are many options they may have to preserve sensation depending on how they do the surgery and how much tissue will be removed.
Yes indeed my friend, always worth asking these things. Especially because iften, we do not have a relationship with our chest, but after surgery we feel very differently!
I had double incision top surgery 3 months ago and I had really bad nerve pain in my nipples pretty much immediately. Luckily that did go away after a couple weeks. I have regained quite a bit of sensation in my nipples than I had ever thought I would have again, but definitely not full sensation.
I had top surgery just this last December, and after the first swelling went down I don't have any numb spots anywhere. The sensation in my nipples is different, though, more like regular skin. Weirdly, when I go out in the cold, I get the nipple tightening feeling farther over to each side than the nipple grafts, like almost in my armpit. It'll be interesting to see how things alter over the years!
Thank you for sharing your experience with us bro! I am just over 5 month Post-Op. I still have some swelling on my left side, is that normal and does it go away?
Thank you for your appreciation! Some people do swell a lot, l personally over swell and it can take my body a couple of months to re adjust. I would keep an eye on it, and if it's not settled by a year it might be that extra fat has been left in and might need adjusting. But do give it time, bodies take a while to settle
I had keyhole top surgery and I guess bc my nipples weren’t removed I still have both tactile and erotic sensation just a lesser degree and I’m only 2 years post op. I still have numb sections and one nipple is more sensitive than the other
For me, I still have sensation in my nipples. Sadly they mostly just feel like they need a good moisturizing, even if the skin itself isn't dry to the touch. I do keep them well moisturized. They feel like I'm rubbing them with sand paper instead of wearing a shirt if I don't. I have some numb patches, mostly towards the sides of my chest, under my armpit near the tail end of my scars. It's a bit numb below my nipples too but not as much as my sides.
Sensation in my chest is definitely something I don’t want. There’s so much mass and feeling them makes me feel like there’s no escaping them... 😔 I would gladly trade the sensation for scars.
I hear you my friend. I felt the exact same way. It was only after top surgery, with the dysphoria gone, that I could actually enjoy chest sensation for the first time. Be gently with yourself and hang on in
so interesting! I would love this to be my outcome, as I'm struggling a lot w/ the sensation loss. I have surgery booked for next week and it's the only reason I'm sort of panicking and considering not doing it Did they take all of your breast tissue or leave some? I wonder if that's part of it? Bodies are WILD.
There will always be some tissue left over but surgeons remove like 95%. Any major surgery like this will have nerve reconnecting/loss of sensation. This can happen with top surgery for trans women as well. I hope you can get some sensation!
I'm only just regaining sensation after three years. I can't say it's erotic... I don't think I've ever had erotic sensation in then. I've also never felt sick from them being touched, but I've always had a weird uneasy feeling touching them, and I'm pretty sure it's still the same... Of course I've had such a long numb period it's hard to tell. I guess what I mean to say is I'm not happier with the feeling in my chest... If anything the numbness makes it worse, but I feel so much better about it visually I don't care
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Nipple sensation has always been hugely important and erotic for me. I’m trying to come to terms with the fact I’ll likely lose it when I finally get to have it. It feels like mourning, but I know I need top surgery. It’s unfair that we must make so many sacrifices to have the bodies we should always have had. I just hope I’m lucky like you were. I’m glad to hear of someone that even maintained erotic sensation, it gives me a touch of hope
Bless you my friend, I completely understand and relate to the experience of mourning, there is so much of that with our journey, it has been especially poignant with my lower surgery journey. Transition really is a process of loss and gain and finding that tricky balance. Im glad to give you hope for surgery!
Never TMI. Your the best Finn!
Aw love you!
Hi Finn I’ve had top surgery and have 98 percent sensation on the whole chest . I’m a little bit numb under my arm pits which is weird but nerves are still healing three years on . We have had same surgeon . Scars still healing . I’m extremely happy with having my chest and am great full every second for it now
Hi my friend! Oh so not just me then! I wonder why we end up with sensation? I mean I guess some nerves will regrow, but for it to be erotic too, that was a surprise! And I hear you on the gratitude....every day I could cry with happiness at the freedom this chest gives!
@@FinnTheInfinncible I had two surgeries on my chest sometimes your body’s nerves can grow back stronger during healing I was told by first surgeon . After first surgery my nipples were hyper sensitive so was glad after top surgery they chilled out lol 😂
Oh that's interesting!!
I did a lot of trawling trans subreddits and talking to other trans men about their experiences, and one of the things that came up is post-DI nip sensation - iirc (I didn't take numbers) in most cases where it exists, people end up with a 'phantom nip' patch near the incision scar. Essentially, the nip nerves are reeeeeeeaaaaaaaching for where they used to be, and when they hit the scar they decide that's 'good enough' and make the sensors there! There were also people who not only got sensation back, but got it in the right place, so you're not the only one.
I ended up getting peri about five months ago, and while I temporarily lost all sensation, I've gradually regained some types... including erotic, which I *definitely* did not have in the first place. Super weird.
Bodies are amazing arent they?! Thats really interesting about the reaching part, perhaps thats the same with lower surgery, which is what then causes the displaced feeling? There is such a need for collating research isnt there? Perhaps one day I will go ahead with my PHD and do just that! So glat to hear you have sensation back!
Oh that's fascinating! I've seen people get only the nipple bud grafted (and the areola tattooed on after). I wonder if in those cases, the nerve regrowth is more "accurate" since they'd reach for the incisions around the nipple bud instead of further out
Second comment - regarding the awesome thing that is nerve regeneration (feat. my nerdy science brain and some workplace medical knowledge):
Whereas the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) do not regenerate very well in mammals, the peripheral nervous system does readily. Once a nerve is cut, the end farthest from the spine (the end that gets "cut off") degenerates and is cleared away by immune cells. The end closest to the spine (the "stem" part, to use the analogy of a flower or branch) then starts to regrow and re-innervate the area. This is why sensation can sometimes be different when it returns, because the nerve regrows in a slightly different way.
I had a facial nerve cut while getting my wisdom teeth out, and 2 years later suddenly noticed my lower lip wasn't numb anymore. A more extreme example, a doctor I work with had massive surgery for thyroid cancer and they cut a nerve in his neck. During one of our shifts he just started rubbing his ear in awe, it had been numb for 4 years and suddenly had sensation again. The 'sudden' return of sensation likely has to do with reconstruction of the myelin sheath and other structures that allow conduction from one neuron to another.
The body is a truly strange and wonderful thing, and for those who are still waiting - nerve regeneration just takes some time. Severed nerves to not lose their ability to regenerate, even if they have been severed for a long time. Regrowth rate is on average 1mm per day, and there is a lot of ground to cover to innervate all the muscle and skin.
Oh I love this info! Thank you so much! This is especially interesting for me in terms of my lower surgery. I am 5 years post op now, and wondered if my sensation regrowth is finished, but perhaps it isnt. Exciting! You rock! And so do our amazing bodies!
I also have nipple sensation . I'll be 2 years post op in July. And my right nipple ( areola first) was feeling things about 3 weeks out. I'm like excuse me , sir. What are you doing?
I feel both now (lefty caught up pretty fast) and only have that same small center patch of numbness ( even that's going away now) and a bit near my arm pits ( that could be from lipo?) So yeah...
I also had a bilateral double mastectomy and I can feel most of my chest. I wasn't expecting that.
"excuse me sir what are you doing " 😆 Yes! It is looking like nipple enjoyment is rather high! Do you feel erotic sensation too? Feel free not to answer that btw.....
@@FinnTheInfinncible I.. think so( feel erotic sensation). It's a new thing for me in general ( nipples being something enjoyable.) 🤣 a few times I've gotten like a ooh. 😳 feeling.
@@ElizabethJAmason an oooo feeling is good! Its nice to get those isnt it!
Hi Finn. I agree totally with what you said in your video regarding nipple sensation. I don’t have much nipple sensation in mine but it’s only been a year since my top surgery. Who knows the sensation may come back. I like your last statement regarding other people’s attitudes after your top surgery. You waited a long time to get top surgery and you’re I’m enjoying it and I feel the same. I waited a lot of years to get mine done and I’m enjoying it regardless of who likes it or who doesn’t. ❤
I feel like a baby at only 3 months on T, but I've been thinking a lot about top surgery lately and I can't wait for it.. sensation be damned :P awesome video Finn! ❤️❤️❤️
Hahah sensation be dammed indeed! And you are not a baby, you are a fresh faced journey starter with an epic adventure at your feet! No harm in being prepared and looking ahead! Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment!
What up Finn, glad to see ya. Love your videos.
I'm a cis, bi, female who's never experienced dysphoria in my life...until I figured out that I'm balding at 26 a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it doesn't even compare to the level of dysphoria trans people feel, but it sucks (and I'm sorry). I had suspected it, but the wake-up call came when my hairdresser said she only sees this kind of hair loss in 70 year old women. I've been a bit of a wreck, and watching your videos has been helpfully calming. So thanks I guess lol. Keep on being awesome.
Oh my, sending you much love! Remember you're beautiful regardless.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, and for sharing so openly with me. I really feel for you, it is so tough when our bodies do things that are out of our control do not feel comfortable to us.
And its not about comparing at all, it is all relative isnt it? how you feel is how you feel and I can hear and understand how painful balding must feel for you, especially at such a young age, I am not surprised you have been a bit of a wreck. Im glad my videos have helped a bit and I am sending you so much love.
I hope that you can get some help and support with whatever your next steps might be, to try to reverse it, or to move into a space of seeing how beutifully unique you are and how much you can rock the hairless look!
Sending giant hugs xxx
I had the same experience with being told I wouldn't have sensation and my surgeon being wrong. I'm 3 weeks and 1 day post op and I could feel every single part of my chest except my nipples and incisions immediately after surgery. At my 1 week reveal my surgeon noted that if I developed a hematoma or fluid they'd just stick a needle in and drain it and not to worry because my chest is numb at this stage so it wouldn't hurt and I didn't know how to say that my chest sensation was completely unaltered from before. At 2 weeks post op sensation in my incisions came back, although it's still not as strong as the rest of my chest. Also she told me before my surgery that sensation elsewhere would come back, but I absolutely unequivocally would not have even tactile sensation in my nipples, but I've been having those little nerve regrowth zaps since day 1 and as of last week I've already started regaining sensation in my left nipple on the actual nub bit and it's increasing every day. Even on people who are told they'll regain nipple sensation, I've never heard of it this early. I'm certainly going to have a very interesting post op appointment in 2 weeks where I ask her whether I just have super human nerves and need to be carted off and recruited by X-Men, or what the hell happened.
Hahaha! Yes! Perhaps they tell us the worst case scenario so we dont get our hopes up!
REALLY helpful and thought provoking video Finn, thank you, as always, for your candid experience
I am very grateful for your kind appreciation, thank you so much!
I was also told I wouldn’t have sensation, I hoped that this would’ve been true as I absolutely hated the sensation before... I can feel everything but I’m displaced areas. Very odd! But I’m beginning to ‘catch up’ as it were when I look down and seeing a flat chest which helps massively.
Thank you so much for your content Finn, never TMI! ❤️
Ah bless you! I can understand that actually, as I hated how my chest felt, never really thought about that before! But now, oh boy I love my chest being touched! Thank you for your kind words!
What an absolutely delightful man. Why have you never been on my feed? 🤩
Well how lovely are you! Hello hello! Welcome to the FinnFam! Finntastic to have you here!
Thanks for your vids!
I like men as well and don't really have other FtM people to up too, so I got side tracked for 21 years 🙃. I'm still Pre-T now, hoping to start HRT next year, and I'm really greatfull to atleast have people on the net to help me with my questions!! Tnxx, Sir. Finn 💕
i'm over a year post-op now and i do check ins every once in awhile to see what i can feel. i still have numb patches, but there's definitely steady improvement over time. the weirdest part of top surgery for me is the nerves rewiring differently afterward. there's a spot on my side around the armpit that, when i touch it, feels like i'm touching my chest. it makes me laugh.
Oh yes, displaced feeling! I dont have that on my chest, but I do on my lower surgery!
i have that on my face 😅 but even that can get better...
if i scratch above my eyebrow i feel it between my ear and temple ...but it is much less intense and irritating than two years ago
now i just had top surgery days ago and am curious how it'll go. had buttonhole, but most of my chest is numb including nipples.
nerve recovery is such a very interesting field & i am excited to hear other peoples stories
Yeah!!!! That gives me hope!!! Have not had top yet & having to wait is driving me crazy (Stupid Covid)!!! Thank You Brother!!! 👍😎🤔😃✌
Glad to give you hope! Damn covid indeed, l hope its soon for you my friend, make sure to look after yourself in the meantime, waiting is hard work on our mental health
Thank you so much for this video really helpful 💕
Thank s so much! And thanks for watching :)
This is really really interesting to me, thank you for sharing!!
I had surgery only 11 days ago, and currently have very very little feeling, especially on my lower chest and left side(especially under my left armpit oddly enough??? But i have a hematoma on my left side too and it was more difficult) I'm excited to see how much sensation if any i get back on my chest.
The feeling of nerve endings trying to reconnect is very very strange, it's all tingly and ticklish?? Every now and again i get a little jolt, especially in my rught side right near the nipple. It's so interesting.
I had top surgery about a year and a half ago. I feel my nipples and most of my chest.
Womderful news!
So happy for your outcome! 😊
Thank you so much!
I had my surgery may 2019 and so far I still have numb areas and sinsation in the right nipple but the left is still a sleeper! Love my man chest go shirtless as much as possible....belly is to big though.
Ah who cares about the belly when we have a glorious chest!
I aso had Yelland waaay back in the day! (Great results aside from one side being a bit bigger, seems like a little bit of breast tissue left over, and my scarring is somewhat on the extreme side)
I think it's also important to specify what kind of sensation. The term "sensation" is quite vague, you know? 'Thus why we also say "erotic sensation."
Results vary person to person, but I usually see the general advice is that top surgery usually results in a loss of erotic sensation but you typically, but not always, get the general skin sensation back.
For me, nowhere feels "numb" exactly, I have normal surface skin sensation, but if I poke and prod around my chest some areas are definitely more dulled and less sensitive than others (specifically closer to/around my nipples.)
If I close my eyes and touch my nipples, there's a faint sensation (and Lord knows I can feel pain in them), but not as sensitive as the skin around them, and there's no erotic sensation anymore. They do get erect though and react to touch and temperature.
I personally don't mind the loss of erotic sensation because I now love having my chest touched, with that dysphoria gone and a different shape I find hands on my chest to be super intimate and lovely.
Yes!!! This is exactly what I was talking about recently with my lower surgery sensation, that actually, sensation isnt just about feeling, but also erotic, and also just plain pleasurable in the absence of gender dysphoria!
This is the same with my chest, exactly as you describe as 'super intimate and lovely' in a way it never was before, BUT I do also have distinct and definate erotic sensation in both nipples...they have a direct line to my lower area....and it is definately not my imagination. I have no idea how this is possible!
@@FinnTheInfinncible I assume that during recovery your nerves basically just won the recovery lottery, allowing for keeping some of the old sensation!
Definitely very neat, and I remember in the past some guys saying they'd had similar experiences, so there must be more out there.
And yeah, even without the erotic sensation, surgery has turned my chest into a much better area, so when I meet guys that aren't afraid to go near my scars (had one guy terrified he would accidentally hurt me, bless him) it's so nice.
@@FelixFFern my nerves won the lottery! But yes, exactly that it's just so wonderful to feel.pleasure isnt it! I melt atbthe slightest touch by my partner! To feel joy at touch rather than fear or repulsion is never going to get old! Yay for surgery freedom!
@@FinnTheInfinncible 100%! The novelty will never wear off
Hallo, my dear!!! I’m so happy for you!!! 👍😉😀💋
Ah thank you so much!
Dido Finn
I had the same experience!
I was one of those who had a reduction before my full top surgery. I had extreme sensation after my reduction, but my surgeon told me that the reduction would affect my final top surgery as he had to cut the nerves to my nipples to put them in a different place. I can honestly say that after having no sensation to hypersensitivity, the lack of sensation was very welcome. I now wish I could have had some sort of "middle of the road" sensation after all was said and done. That's my experience. Always ask your surgeon of course, there are many options they may have to preserve sensation depending on how they do the surgery and how much tissue will be removed.
Yes indeed my friend, always worth asking these things. Especially because iften, we do not have a relationship with our chest, but after surgery we feel very differently!
I had top surgery 3 months ago and I have tactile sensation in my nipples and have had it since 1 month post op. I also have minimal numbness.
Congrats on your top surgery andnon getting sensation back so quickly!
same here Finn! I thought id lose sensation. After surgery, my chest is super sensitive in the most perfect way haha :3
Lovely isnt it!
I had double incision top surgery 3 months ago and I had really bad nerve pain in my nipples pretty much immediately. Luckily that did go away after a couple weeks. I have regained quite a bit of sensation in my nipples than I had ever thought I would have again, but definitely not full sensation.
I had top surgery just this last December, and after the first swelling went down I don't have any numb spots anywhere. The sensation in my nipples is different, though, more like regular skin. Weirdly, when I go out in the cold, I get the nipple tightening feeling farther over to each side than the nipple grafts, like almost in my armpit. It'll be interesting to see how things alter over the years!
Very late reply to this sorry! Hope the healing is going well!
I can’t wait for top surgery. I have the same feelings you did about not caring if there’s sensation or not, I just want these parts gone!
I hear you! I hope its good news for you soon my friend!
Thank you for sharing your experience with us bro! I am just over 5 month Post-Op. I still have some swelling on my left side, is that normal and does it go away?
Thank you for your appreciation! Some people do swell a lot, l personally over swell and it can take my body a couple of months to re adjust. I would keep an eye on it, and if it's not settled by a year it might be that extra fat has been left in and might need adjusting. But do give it time, bodies take a while to settle
I had keyhole top surgery and I guess bc my nipples weren’t removed I still have both tactile and erotic sensation just a lesser degree and I’m only 2 years post op. I still have numb sections and one nipple is more sensitive than the other
I guess whatever they type of procedure, it takes a while for nerves to regrow. Interesting!
For me, I still have sensation in my nipples. Sadly they mostly just feel like they need a good moisturizing, even if the skin itself isn't dry to the touch. I do keep them well moisturized. They feel like I'm rubbing them with sand paper instead of wearing a shirt if I don't. I have some numb patches, mostly towards the sides of my chest, under my armpit near the tail end of my scars. It's a bit numb below my nipples too but not as much as my sides.
Oh wow, that sounds as if they are extra sensitive. How far post op are you?
@@FinnTheInfinncible I'm 5 years post op. 😁
I’m almost a month post opp and I feel everything is that a good sigh
Absolutely it is! Congrats on your brand new shiny chest!
Any excuse for you to get your top off LOL! honestly I appreciate the content and info
Hahah well that's the truth! And thank you for your lovely kind words.
Sensation in my chest is definitely something I don’t want. There’s so much mass and feeling them makes me feel like there’s no escaping them... 😔 I would gladly trade the sensation for scars.
I hear you my friend. I felt the exact same way. It was only after top surgery, with the dysphoria gone, that I could actually enjoy chest sensation for the first time. Be gently with yourself and hang on in
so interesting! I would love this to be my outcome, as I'm struggling a lot w/ the sensation loss. I have surgery booked for next week and it's the only reason I'm sort of panicking and considering not doing it Did they take all of your breast tissue or leave some? I wonder if that's part of it? Bodies are WILD.
There will always be some tissue left over but surgeons remove like 95%. Any major surgery like this will have nerve reconnecting/loss of sensation. This can happen with top surgery for trans women as well. I hope you can get some sensation!
How did you pay for everything? cause I sure know its expensive
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I'm only just regaining sensation after three years. I can't say it's erotic... I don't think I've ever had erotic sensation in then. I've also never felt sick from them being touched, but I've always had a weird uneasy feeling touching them, and I'm pretty sure it's still the same... Of course I've had such a long numb period it's hard to tell. I guess what I mean to say is I'm not happier with the feeling in my chest... If anything the numbness makes it worse, but I feel so much better about it visually I don't care