Hi all, just thought I should give an update on things.
Side effects:
Dryness above the nipple line. This side effect includes dry hair, dry face, dry scalp, dry skin on arms, basically everything above the nipple line is drier.
Compensatory sweating. I primarily wear black and other dark clothes now because of this. I bought some Sutran shirts a while ago, but I need to lose some weight before I can fit into them (I bought Larges thinking I could
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For the dryness above the nipple line. Moisturizers. Period. It's the only way to combat it. You just need to keep moisturizing your face, arms, scalp, chest, upper back, etc throughout the day. For the compensatory sweating, I pretty much summed up what I do above. I've been wearing dark clothes, and bought the Sutran shirts (I actually did buy the correct size for one of the shirts, and they DO work. It doesn't work by absorption, so you can sweat all you want and it won't soak through. It actually consists of a second layer within the shirt that doesn't allow sweat to pass through. Worth checking out if you're having troubles with comp. sweating.)
So, at the end of the day, if someone asks me "Do you regret ETS surgery?" I would reply...
ETS surgery is not the for the weak. You must wake up every morning and tell yourself to not take your body for granted. I had a fucked up sympathetic nervous system from the time I was born, and ETS didn't change that. ETS just released this sweaty hand problem that causes so much embarrassment in the world we live in. You simply can't hide your hands in this world, as this world requires too much interaction. This is why I got ETS. When I look back from the time I was born to now, the year I got my ETS surgery was the most productive year I've had so far in my life. I started college, passed the first semester with all 3 A's and 1 B, and I got my Driver's license. I only see myself going forward.