Question for the "big breasted" gals

My boosts were less irritating than the rest of my treatments as far as the under the breast area goes. In fact, I was switched to boosts early to give the under part of my breasts a break for awhile, then I returned to the regular treatments when the boosts were over. I suppose it would depend on the area the boosts were given to. Mine were the side of my breast.

I had a lot of irritation under my breast during radiation treatments, about 4 1/2 weeks in.I had total skin breakdown.I used aloe vera, cornstarch, aquaphor....nothing worked. My breast is just so large that that area never totally dried out and healed during treatment. I eventually had to use some gel burn pads that the rads nurse gave me. I would put them in the crease of my breast and hold them in place with my bra. 

The good news is that after my rads were over, the area cleared up very quickly, and now almost 10 months later, you can't even tell that my skin was so badly broken down in that area. At the time, I thought it was never going to get better.

Mary

I had exactly the same problem as Mary - major skin breakdown in the crease under the boob. It happened at around the same time and healed up very quickly once rads were finished - I used Medi Honey on the area. I was so upset as I had done everything right, but apparently it is very common owing to the radiation passing through the folds of skin. I am doing rads again on the other breast now, and this time, they are taping the breast up a bit, so I'm hoping it won't be so bad. One tip is to wear a sanitary pad in your bra under the breast to absorb any sweat. I am definitely doing that this time.

Sue

When this happened to me, they got me to dress it with Solosite (a burn gel) and to keep a dressing on it - luckily the weight of the boob kept it in place. I bought singlets to wear to bed to hold it there. Don't tape anything to the area - I lost a nice big round piece of skin from doing that.

Sue