Prosthetic breasts

[Lorelei]

I slept in my ameona breast forms and one of them stuck to my skin and tore the backing. I was camping and it was well below freezing so I hadn’t wanted them to freeze. In the morning when I went to adjust it, I noticed the tear. The year is about 3/4” long How can I repair this? Would a tegaderm fix this?

[VickySGV]

Cut a piece of a plastic food bag about an inch wide and 2 inches longer than the length of the rip, and use Superglue.  The Tegaderm patch's adhesive will release after several wearings.

[Lorelei]

On 4/8/2024 at 3:00 PM, VickySGV said:

Cut a piece of a plastic food bag about an inch wide and 2 inches longer than the length of the rip, and use Superglue.  The Tegaderm patch's adhesive will release after several wearings.

I’ll try this soon. Does it need to use flexible silicone superglue or is regular cyanoarcrylate superglue suitable?

[VickySGV]

 @Lorelei       Back when it happened to me, all I had was the regular stuff.  It depends on which surface the rip is on.  If it is the inside against your body, the plain kind will do it but the outside against the bra is a different situation.

[Lorelei]

11 minutes ago, VickySGV said:

 @Lorelei       Back when it happened to me, all I had was the regular stuff.  It depends on which surface the rip is on.  If it is the inside against your body, the plain kind will do it but the outside against the bra is a different situation.

Thank you for the advice. I’ll do that soon. 

[April Marie]

@Lorelei I hope the repair works for you!

 

I often wear a mastectomy bra with my forms so they don't touch my skin directly. I found that I often sweat underneath them if they are directly against my chest and the mastectomy bras solve that problem.

 

I just recently found a pair of inexpensively priced sleep-rated forms that I wear at night and save my good quality forms for everyday wear. I also found some nice wireless mastectomy sleep bras made by Delimira on Amazon that are very comfortable.

[Lorelei]

I tried the superglue and it didn’t stick to the plastic bag. So I am using some chicken cutlet forms until I find a cheap replacement or go more permanently and get top surgery. I just need to get a therapist note for insurance to cover the surgery. I’ll use Tegaderm repair on the ripped on special occasions like my cousins wedding.