27-01-2024, 05:23
It's great more people are finding their way here. 
I did notice the clear bands were stretched out a bit the last time I cleaned the domes, but not very stretched. I switched them out with the second set of bands anyway. The bands inside the bra have not loosened at all and the seal is super tight even if the clear bands aren't as tight. I did find some rubber bands on amazon that would fit but I'd rather wait and see if I actually should buy them on my own - as a back up. Evebra might have extras to give or sell.
I also learned that if you hit a plateau with swelling, the answer (for me) is using a little more pressure - not necessarily just air-locking the tubes. Although I have my own NPWT device, I had mostly been using the evebra pump which can't go higher than 20 mmHg. By switching over to the other device and using 25 mmHg continuously, I am back to increasing .5 inch a week.
My swelling is weird though. I started measuring myself everyday after taking the domes off to test whether I was increasing a bit each day during my experiment and the measures were either the same or less ... until I get to day 6 of that week then it's like I suddenly jump from wherever I was to a half inch bigger. Typically, I only measure once a week to track my progress. I'll go back to that now that I see what my issue was - my body must have gotten use to the 20 mmHg pressure. I guess for people w/o another pump the sucking extra air out and using air locks trick will work just as well if they encounter the same issue.
I also seem to get better swelling sitting up than lying down when I sleep.
I did notice the clear bands were stretched out a bit the last time I cleaned the domes, but not very stretched. I switched them out with the second set of bands anyway. The bands inside the bra have not loosened at all and the seal is super tight even if the clear bands aren't as tight. I did find some rubber bands on amazon that would fit but I'd rather wait and see if I actually should buy them on my own - as a back up. Evebra might have extras to give or sell.
I also learned that if you hit a plateau with swelling, the answer (for me) is using a little more pressure - not necessarily just air-locking the tubes. Although I have my own NPWT device, I had mostly been using the evebra pump which can't go higher than 20 mmHg. By switching over to the other device and using 25 mmHg continuously, I am back to increasing .5 inch a week.
My swelling is weird though. I started measuring myself everyday after taking the domes off to test whether I was increasing a bit each day during my experiment and the measures were either the same or less ... until I get to day 6 of that week then it's like I suddenly jump from wherever I was to a half inch bigger. Typically, I only measure once a week to track my progress. I'll go back to that now that I see what my issue was - my body must have gotten use to the 20 mmHg pressure. I guess for people w/o another pump the sucking extra air out and using air locks trick will work just as well if they encounter the same issue.
I also seem to get better swelling sitting up than lying down when I sleep.