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@bcwarrior

toomanyquestions I did not read all the posts in this thread as they're very dated. I am here for any questions I may be able to help with. You are not alone. My short is ER/PR positive stage 1 - 2007 lumpectomy. Had the complete package of chemo, radiation, and 10 years of Arimidex. Fought my insurance after 10 years for screening only mammo and had 2 before Yep, it was back. I wish I had had the double back then. This time I had no questions about bye-bye girls on 05/25/2022. If I understand you are looking for images that you most likely won't find. I suggest you work with your breast surgeon aka general surgeon along with a plastic surgeon that will provide your goal of a beautiful flat chest. I hate to say that insurance may not cover most of the work that needs to be done to achieve this goal without multiple surgeries. I am just now getting my strength back without reconstruction. I'm living with keloids, numbness, swelling, and 2 ugly scars since both incisions healed differently. While surfing the net I did find a young woman 30+/- that had navy blue surfer shorts on at a beach playing frisbee. No top and free for the world to see. However, I find it hard for a person to expect such a thing unless they've had multiple surgeries and years of healing. Hope I'm wrong!!!

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Hi @bcwarrior -- I hope I haven't responded to you before. I was just searching keloids and see you have them. I had bad keloids after my double mastectomy in 2013 that were not only unsightly, but very painful all the time. My dermatologist talked me into kenalog injections directly into the scars. I did up to 15 at a time about every 6 weeks, then 3 months then 6 months until the pain didn't come back. It really flattened out the scars, turned what was left pink instead of red. I rarely get pains in them now. The injections smarted to be sure, but so worth it. The pains I was getting every hour for 2.5 years before that were level 10 that would wake me up or stop me in my tracks when awake. Hopefully, your keloids are not causing pain. Zebra