Correcting large areola

Kevin Brenner, MD answers: Surgery to correct puffy areolas?

I'm a 20 year old female, no kids. And I was considering puffy areola reduction. My areola is a little bit wider then a quarter in diameter. Everything else with the breast is fine, size and shape. But I have a puffy areola and so in the relaxed state there is no nipple just areola.

I know it's a simple incision and quick healing process, but will having a puffy areola be a problem for breast feeding if I get pregnant in the future? And I haven't been able to find any before and after pictures of puffy areola treatment, where can I find some? And is this surgery by itself costly?

Kevin Brenner, MD
5 months ago

There is a great variation between every patient in terms of breast, areola and nipple sizes. Despite this variation, some patients simply have an areola that is too large for their breast and simply is unpleasing aesthetically. There are operations designed to reduce or change the size of the areola; they are similar to the techniques that we use to do a Periareolar Mastopexy (Breast lift using an incision only around the areola).

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