Comments on: Are Nipples a “Gay Thing”?

By: BRCA Chat

BRCA Chat — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:43:19 +0000

In reply to Kirsty Marnoch. Thank you for your lovely comment.

By: BRCA Chat

BRCA Chat — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:42:50 +0000

In reply to Boobless Baker. Thank you for your comment. The writer did amazingly well at communicating with her surgeon. Definitely something we can all take on board in our own journeys.

By: BRCA Chat

BRCA Chat — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:41:24 +0000

In reply to Chardonnay. Thank you for your comment. It definitely is a very personal decision.

By: Chardonnay

Chardonnay — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 20:49:02 +0000

Nipples are definitely not just a “gay thing.” I am 9mths post preventative mastectomy with TUG reconstruction. I am still undecided what I want to do about nipples.

By: Boobless Baker

Boobless Baker — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:25:44 +0000

Your honest blog also highlights the feelings of heterosexual women too. The loss of nipples and magnitude of glorious breasts which bring closeness in a relationship is so significant to all of us. As time has evolved, the ability to be more candid about our individual sexuality and experience is so much more open. This is so helpful to women making these decisions.
Your experience with your surgeon seems so positive, something perhaps which for many is still challenging to explore whether gay or not. Much can be learned from your words and approach, to support more of us in conversations with professionals about the effect of losing breasts and nipples as a conscious and deliberate decision, allowing more focus on the long term impact on intimacy.

By: Kirsty Marnoch

Kirsty Marnoch — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:26:27 +0000

Such an interesting and thought-provoking article. She’s so right, getting a preventative mastectomy is such a simple and difficult decision all at the same time and I had never even considered how being gay would affect the whole process too. Thank you for shining a light on this.