Is This Healing Normal After Areola Reduction?

Depending upon how your surgeon closed your areolar reduction, this may be normal wound healing or the early sign of an impending problem. I recommend you call your personal plastic surgeon and pose the question to him or her. The little areas that are not healing often mean dissolvable sutures which failed to dissolve are holding the wound open. This can be corrected by using certain types of topical antibiotic. But once again, only your surgeon after an in... more

It looks as though you are healing as expected...occasionally, some dissolvable sutures may cause a temporary and minor discharge along the areola border...these are often self limited, but if you have any redness or a foul smelling discharge, you should see your surgeon.