as long as you have finished antiobiotics you can have a drink, think I was about 2 weeks when I had a glass. itching is normal, skin healing. I felt fine when tapes came off but had one stubborn stitch which caused my wound to try and over heal, which caused even more itching, drove me round the bend, all calming down now it is out but where implants have settled and skin stretched, dry red skin like sun burn on the undersides. Another thing I noticed when I first had tapes off which only lasted a couple of days, shooting pains like someone had hit me with stinging nettles across my nipples!! am 4 weeks p/o and feel fabulous now. good luck hun. worth it in the end .x x