[artswife3]

So glad to hear that all is going well with Brava for you. It's good that you are retaining swelling already. I am finishing up 14 weeks right now, for the first 10 weeks I wore it 11-12 hours each night (husband was deployed), but once he got back I only put it on when I'm ready to go to sleep and take it off first thing in the am, probably 8 hours of wear. It doesn't seem to affect the swelling much. During my 12th week, I actually took my Brava on a Disney cruise. I wore it every night except the last night away, and so glad I did because I didn't want to loose a week's wear. I simply got 2 heavy 1 gallon ziplock bags to put around each dome, placed them in the cardboard dome supports, and put them in the Brava box, and packed it in my suitcase. I also wore my bikini on the cruise, and I was ok as long as I didn't wear it within the 1st 2 hours after taking it off in the morning. Because I got a good tan before the vacation, the red rings were not very visible and faded quickly throughout the day.