Washington DC Nipple Surgery doctors
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Adam Tattelbaum, MD
Washington DC Plastic Surgeon
3203 Tower Oaks Blvd 2nd Fl, Rockville |
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Navin K. Singh, MD
Washington DC Plastic Surgeon
5454 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 1710, Chevy Chase |
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Vineet Mehan, MD
Washington DC Plastic Surgeon
3289 Woodburn Rd Suite 245, Annandale |
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Behzad Parva, MD
Washington DC Plastic Surgeon
224-D Cornwall Street, NW Suite 300, Leesburg |
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Nia Banks, MD, PhD
Washington DC Plastic Surgeon
8116 Good Luck Road Suite 215, Lanham |
Recent Answers
I really don't understand what's happening. Had the areola of my left breast reduced. Two months post surgery the areola started to have very small openings and after two days will form a crust. Thought it was my body healing. These small openings kept on coming. I went to see my surgeon and he said that I have ezcema on the areola. I never had any ezcema problem before. He gave me an ointmemt: Cicaplast B5 to be applied 2 times for one month. Can my ezcema be linked to my surgery? What to do?
Periareolar tightening is know for causing stretching or widening of the scars. Sometimes the sutures that are used to tighten the area can lead to the crusting and inflammation you describe. If the suture is dissolvable it should resolve over time, but if there is a permanent suture the body may "spit " it out or your surgeon may want to remove it. Some people react more to sutures than others.
I would recommend you follow your surgeons advice, but if it does not resolve you may want to see a dermatologist to rule out excema or allergy.
I'd like areola reduction and currently have 450cc high profile saline implants under the muscle. I'd sometime in the future also want my implant size reduced but for now only the areolas. Will the benelli lift spread the areolas more? Why does my surgeon say it won't and others say it will? Who is right?? Also, is my goal realistic without changing the implant size yet? Thank you
A circumferential reduction of the areola can be performed but there is a significant chance the scar or areola may widen again.Because of this I use this approach sparingly in my practice and mainly for people who really need the skin tightening. It may not be worth the risk of scars in your case, but you should discuss it with your surgeon.
I am 20 yrs, 100 lbs, no pregnancies, and have 30DD breasts with aerolas of ~6.5 cm. I am often annoyed with my breast size b/c it seems disproportionate to my frame, but am particularly unhappy about the large, stretched out appearance of my areolas. I have been considering breast reduction, but have recently discovered that the possibility to just reduce areola size, which would be much less expensive and might help aesthetically. Am I a good candidate for such a procedure?
Areola that are disproportionately too large relative to the total breast size can benefit from areola reduction. Proportions and balance are very important to breast aesthetics. This includes the areola diameter but not at the expense of the rest of the breast, ie the volume, shape and position. An areola reduction alone can have the effect of flattening the breast and thereby reducing projection. Often, breast shape and position are improved if a vertical tightening is also performed at the same time to create a more conical shape to the breast. Discuss these points with your plastic surgeon so you have a good understanding of the results that can be achieved through different breast surgery techniques.
Sincerely,
Behzad Parva MD, FACS
