Radiation and wearing your bra/prosthesis

By total accident because I wasn't paying attention, I ended up buying two maternity bras because I couldn't find anything else without underwire or a ton of padding.  They are comfortable although quite ugly.

I didn't wear a bra during radiation.  It was much faster to just rip off my shirt and put a gown on.  I brought aloe vera lotion with me daily and would put that on right after radiation.  You need to get the natural stuff without any chemicals as the chemicals have drying agents.  The stuff I got was actually brown in color and I got it at a natural health food store.  At night I would slather on some aquaphor which is sticky but at night it doesn't matter.  I am very fair skinned but never peeled or blistered even after 30 treatments.

I have the exact same case as you. UMX and a D cup. I bought a MX sports bra. I wore it everyday to Rads and soon as I came home, it came off. My skin held up until week 4. Week 4 I had redness, Week 5 skin started blistering. Week 6 Third degree burns. It wasn't comfortable but I just couldn't got bra less into the hospital where my Rads. was. A nice long walk.

Wishing you the best.

I didn't wear a bra during treatment or the first weeks after.  I bought a bunch of Hanes white men's tshirts and wore those under everything, even at work.  As things progressed, I had to modify them a bit because everything started feeling a bit constricted.  So I ripped off the necklines and the binding on the sleeves.  During zaps, I used calendula creme a couple times a day.

I managed to only get a couple of real burns at the end and they healed up very quickly.  I will say that the week after Zaps ended hurt more than the during.  For that I took ibupropene.

4 months out, my skin looks really good and I attribute that to the amount of air I got during treatment.  The nurse told me that people get problems when their poor zapped area is all bound up and sweaty plus the inevitable rubbing from the bra straps.  Thanks to my tshirts, I never had that problem.

one other thing I did:  I have a private office with a door.  I would go in and lock my door and pull up my shirt.  I figure, hey, its the 28th floor, why not give the seagulls a thrill?  But I do think it helped to be able to let some air in.