What Is Nipple Reduction Surgery?

Normal women's nipples are uniformly cylindrical, and their thickness and length are proportional to the areola and breasts. They stand forward, are symmetrical on both sides, and are full of beauty. However, the nipple is too long, too thick, loses the normal proportion, and even appears saggy, the appearance is not beautiful. When female friends are facing such problems, they can be improved through nipple reduction surgery. Nipple reduction refers to the method of removing nipples that are too high or too long by surgical removal, and reducing the size of the nipples to form a suitable size of nipple. Common nipple reduction methods include hemi-papillary nipple resection and small nipple resection Methods.

Nipple Reduction

Nipple Reduction Hemisection

1) Tags: surgery, primary surgery

2) Technical principle

Hemispheric papillectomy is a method of surgical removal of the nipple. Under local anesthesia, the excessively long nipple is removed longitudinally, and the remaining half of the nipple is sutured to achieve the effect of reducing the nipple.

3) Adaptation and contraindications

Adapt to the crowd: Adapt to those who have a small nipple that is congenital or has a long nipple after breastfeeding.

Contraindications

a. People with systemic obesity caused by endocrine diseases.

b. Local infection and other diseases.

c. People with scar constitution.

d. lactation, pregnancy and menstruation.

4) Technical methods

Disinfection and local anesthesia.

Cut the nipple from the longitudinal direction and divide the nipple into two.

Cut half of the nipple at the base of the nipple, intersect with the longitudinal incision, and remove half of the nipple.

Suture the remaining half of the nipple to form a reduced nipple.

Partial bandaging.

5) risks and complications

Infection: If an infection occurs, you should immediately seek treatment from a doctor.

Nipple numbness: Because there are more nerves distributed at the place, it feels more sensitive, too much nipple shrinkage or excessive loss of nerves during the resection process may easily cause numbness of the nipple.

Unsatisfactory appearance: too much or too little surgical resection, and the shape of the nipple shrinkage caused by suture is not satisfactory.

Nipple necrosis: Nipple resection surgery damages blood vessels due to nipple removal, and sutures are too tight, which affects the nipple blood flow and may cause nipple necrosis.

Affecting breastfeeding function: If the breast tubules or milk ducts are blocked during the operation, breastfeeding function may be affected.

6) Treatment course and recovery time

7) Precautions

Precautions

a. Stop drinking alcohol one week before the operation and stop aspirin, vitamin E and other vasodilator drugs.

b. Patients with serious organic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes should inform the doctor of the condition at the time of the initial diagnosis so that the doctor can confirm the surgical plan.

c. Make sure you are healthy before surgery and free of infectious diseases or other physical inflammation.

d. Women should avoid menstrual periods, pregnancy and lactation.

Postoperative precautions

a. Keep the operation site clean and hygienic, and avoid getting water in the operation area as much as possible within 7 days after the operation.

b. Avoid eating irritating foods such as peppers.

c. Avoid upper limb movement after operation, if necessary, bandage the upper chest.

d. Take an appropriate amount of vitamin E as required by your doctor after surgery. If you find that your wounds are red or swollen or there is a small amount of exudate, if the skin becomes hard, you should seek treatment from your doctor.

e. Sexual life should be avoided within one week after surgery, and extreme care should be taken with the breasts within one month.

Partial nipple reduction

1) Tags: surgery, primary surgery

2) Technical principle

A small part of the nipple is removed to reduce the size of the nipple. The 1 / 3-2 / 5 part of the nipple is removed and the remaining nipples are sutured to reduce the size of the nipple.

3) Adaptation and contraindications

Adapt to the crowd: It is suitable for those who have congenital or acquired nipples with a large lateral diameter and who need to reduce their nipples.

Contraindications

a. Poor constitution, or those who cannot undergo surgery with coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, etc.

b. Obesity caused by endocrine diseases.

c. Local infection and other diseases.

d. Those with scar constitution.

e. Lactation, pregnancy and menstruation.

4) Technical methods

Disinfection and local anesthesia.

Nipples are removed in small sections, usually 1 / 3-2 / 5 of the nipples.

Suture the basal part of the remaining part and the nipple and areola respectively.

Partial bandaging.

5) risks and complications

Nipple numbness: Because there are more nerves distributed at the place, it feels more sensitive, too much nipple shrinkage and resection or nerve loss during resection, which may easily cause numbness of the nipple.

Unsatisfactory appearance: too many or too few surgical resections, and the shape of the nipple shrinkage caused by suture is not satisfactory.

Nipple necrosis: Nipple resection surgery damages the blood vessels due to the nipple removal, and the suture is too tight, which affects the blood flow of the nipple and may cause nipple necrosis.

Affecting breastfeeding function: If the breast tubules or lactation holes are blocked during the operation, it may affect the breastfeeding function.

6) Treatment course and recovery time

After gauze covering 7-8 days after operation, the suture was removed. Sexual life should be avoided within one week after surgery, and extreme care should be taken with the breasts within one month.

7) Precautions

Precautions

a. Make sure you are healthy before surgery and free of infectious diseases or other physical inflammation.

b. Women should avoid menstrual periods, pregnancy and lactation.

Postoperative precautions

a. Keep the operation site clean and hygienic, and avoid getting water in the operation area as much as possible within 7 days after the operation.

b. Avoid eating irritating foods such as peppers.

c. Avoid upper limb movement after operation, if necessary, bandage the upper chest.

d. Avoid sex during the first week after surgery, and be extremely careful with your breasts within one month.