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So I have a question, my surgery is December 20th, and I know the incisions will be on the upper half of my stomach and hen in the middle and such. Did anyone ever have trouble with bras? Or do you know of any solutions to be had with them? I bought a Bralette that wouldn't be as much pressure on that area but I didn't know if anyone had a better solution!

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I dont wear my underwire bras...I ise a sports bra for now and my soft maternity bras

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Never had a problem, I started wearing under wires about 3 weeks post op with no issues.

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Bralettes are the way to go. One of my incisions was right under my boob and there's no way an underwire would work.

Also, you might be too swollen to tolerate an underwire bra for a while.

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I wore front hook sports bras for two weeks - then when I went back to work switched to underwires.

No way I was rockin the uniboob at work.

Luckily it wasn't a problem - but I think initially the front hook thing was key because I can't put my bras on and hook them in back. I put the on backwards and scoot then around. Didn't want to scoot bra bands across my incisions.

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My incision was under the bra line so no problem with bra..I did wear sports bra when I went out the first week..but back to work n no issues..I was not stapled tho they used glue for my incisions and it helped with healing..4wks n no scar there..:D good luck on your journey

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