Itchy Chest

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cwayman650
cwayman650 Member Posts: 102
edited August 2015 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

I was wondering if anyone else has the problem of their chest itching? It's above the scars, on my upper chest and it's driving me insane. Sometimes it's worse than others. I hardly ever wear a prosthesis. It doesn't seem to matter if I wear loose or tight clothes. I'm hoping this will eventually go away, but in the mean time, is there anything that will help it?

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited August 2015


    hmmm, not sure what to tell you. Sometimes itching is a sign of the nerve regenerating.  There's no rash at all?  And it's only that one place?

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  • Marie711
    Marie711 Member Posts: 87
    edited August 2015

    Is it your skin that itches or does it seem to be inside? I had "phantom itching" a couple of weeks after the mastectomy that was very intense a couple of times. And you can't scratch what is not there! It would have driven me crazy if it had kept up but fortunately it only lasted a few days. I had heard of phantom limb pain before but did not know phantom itching existed.

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  • anamerty
    anamerty Member Posts: 195
    edited August 2015

    I'm trying to scratch the itch as I'm reading this lol...I am 3 years (today from dx ) and I get quite itchy every day..Sounds weird but its hard to scratch your chest when its numb but it does get easier.Sometimes when I cant find the itch I will scratch on my arm usually the inside of my elbow and the itch goes away

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  • aunt_paula
    aunt_paula Member Posts: 271
    edited August 2015

    I have the same issue. My BMX was January 2014, and I initially thought it would be temporary, but it's a daily thing. What I've found with the weird nerviness is that rubbing (more gently than I thought would help) works well. Scratching makes my chest feel like there are razors in there. I haven't tried the elbow thing, but I will give that a try too.

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  • cwayman650
    cwayman650 Member Posts: 102
    edited August 2015

    Thank-you all.  I will try the elbow thing also.  Sometimes I rub so much it starts to feel sore.  Which is still weird since it's numb. 

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