How long till your skin color was normal again?

I finished in Oct and when I went for my 3 month checkup was told that it could be obvious for up to a year.

My skin change is subtle but permanent.  I told my radiation oncologist he should stop his partner from telling women the skin "goes back to normal" because it rarely does 100%.  But if it's as subtle as mine is, it's not really that noticeable.  

It's been nearly a year for me and the change in skin tone is so subtle that only I notice that it's there.

I have one yellow breast (my natural, unexposed to sun, breast - I am a tan skintoned Latina of native american, european, asian and african heritage) and I have a dark brown breast (it was previously nearly black from radiation).  I am 5 months from my final rad treatment.  I find that with time my radiologist is being more and more clear that the skin will never return to its previous condition and color.  After 1 to 2 years it should lighten a bit she said on Thursday.  A very different story than she said during our first meetings, before treatment or even during treatment.

I think that the doctors lie, every blessed one of them, because our compliance with their view of the optimal treatment plan is how they get graded.  (Better stats are their goal.)  Especially if they are at large research based hospital centers.  I think that they also shade the truth in order to get us to do what they think is best for us and to prevent us from going off course.  But make no mistake.  They don't tell the whole truth; sometimes even when asked. I am a pretty confident person (buoyed perhaps by being an extrovert and having a lot of educational privilege) and so I am ging out in the world with my obvious line of demarcation across my high chest wall but it took a bit of time for me to feel comfortable doing so and  I imagine that others may feel the same as I did.  I liked to show off my curves before; not excessively so as I work in a conservative field and am pretty personally conservative.  Returning to being myself, to making choices that I feel are in line with who I am as a person is what makes me feel like despite the disinformation that I was given, I am going to go on and be okay.  

Sorry for the long diatribe.  I find that the tamoxifen fuels them.   ;  )

Wishing you all the best. 

Another benefit to daily massage with lotion/oil is that the lump of scar tissue underneath the incision has broken up and the scar itself has faded a lot. The gash that was radiating out of my nipple is now barely visible. Both the radiologist and surgeon recommended massage, particularly around the incision.

5 months for me but i have used Seven homeoepathic cream every day and that made a huge difference.....