For women and men with an overly large nipple-areolar complex, nipple reduction surgery can create a more aesthetically pleasing shape and size and eliminate awkwardness and feeling self-conscious.
Inverted Nipple Repair Surgery
Inverted nipples may also be corrected. There are varying stages of this issue, and each determines how inverted the nipple is and how likely a woman will be able to breastfeed in the future. With the first degree of inversion, the nipples can “come out” when cold or stimulated. In this case, milk ducts are not harmed and are easily preserved during surgery. In the case of second-degree inversion, the nipples are harder to evert but may “come out” temporarily during stimulation. There may be damage to the milk ducts, but breastfeeding is still possible. In a third-degree inversion, the nipples never come out.
In this case, hygiene can be a problem, and the milk ducts are restrained by fibrous tissue beneath the skin. Dr. Shapiro corrects inverted nipples by making very small incisions to free the nipple from fibrous tissue. Internal sutures prevent the nipple from inverting again, and an external “purse string” suture will give the nipple a place to rest as it heals. This surgical procedure is very straightforward and performed under local anesthetic in Dr. Shapiro’s Scottsdale office.
