Breast Augmentation: Q&A
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Nipple Sensation Loss
Although the risk of permanent sensation loss is very low, it is possible to see temporary sensation changes that take 3-6 months to return. I typically warn patients that the larger the implant that is placed, the higher the risk of sensation changes. This is because the sensory nerve to the nipple and areola will be stretched by the implant. The good news is that most cases stretch injury to the nerve results are temporary.
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Nipple sensation after breast augmentation
It can take up to one year for nipple sensation to return after a breast augmentation, but usually it returns sooner-in months. The chance of permanently losing nipple sensation is between 10-15%. It is very common however to have some numbness immediately after surgery due to inflammation and stretching of the nerves.
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Dr.Bruno
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How Long Can It Take for Nipple Sensation to Come Back After Breast Augmentation?
Sensation of the nipple and the areola are conducted via the Fourth Intercostal branch. The nerve branch emerges from under the 4th rib approximately at a point where a perpendicular line from the anterior armpit fold crosses the 4th rib and travels under the skin to the areola. Placing of large implants (especially over the muscle) and blunt blind dissection of the side pocket may injure the nerve. The vast majority of numbness is temporary but in as many as 15% of women the numbness can be...
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Nipple Sensation
It usually is back within 6months to a year. It is present roughly 10% of the time. Sensation can sometimes return with a vengience, sharp pain . Some times the nipple can feel like an electric shock when the nerve is waking up. Good Luck.
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How Long Can It Take for Nipple Sensation to Come Back After Breast Augmentation
This is a very real risk of having areolar incisions for implant placement. And should have been disclosed in your pre operative informed consent. I tell my patients if decreased sensation or loss of feeling occurs it is dependent upon the areolar size and incision size. In other words the smaller the areolae and the larger the incision or trauma to the area the higher % of issues like yours. Recovery -- if not back by 18 months than you have a permanent sequelae of implant through the...
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Loss and return of nipple sensation following a breast augmentation
In general, return of most of the sensation of the nipple occurs by 4 - 6 months with maximal return taking up to one year. A very small percentage may even take up to 2 years.
The risk for either temporary or permanent loss of sensation is greatest when the implants are placed above the muscle and/or they are extremely large (wide). Realistically, it is very rare for a patient to have total and permanent loss of sensation when appropriate surgical technique is employed.
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Nipple sensation after breast augmentation
Losing nipple sensation is a risk with breast augmentation, though permanent loss occurs in a small minority of women. Nipple sensation may return over weeks and months, and may even improve over years. If a nipple remained completely numb over a year or more, however, it would most likely not return.
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Return of sensation depends on what was done
Nipple sensation comes from a branch of the fourth intercostal nerve, which emerges beneath your fourth rib on your side and runs forward, over the muscle, and then goes out to the nipple. In general, if the implants were submuscular (and therefore one tissue layer away), the change in sensation should be less and recover quicker.
Either way, over or under the muscle, your sensation can progressively improve for months. A permanent diminution is possible but unlikely, and if...
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Breast Augmentation and Nipple Sensation
It is very common for patients to experience some sort of change in nipple sensation following breast augmentation. In fact, 15% of patients experience a decrease in nipple sensation, increase in nipple sensation, or complete loss of sensation following breast surgery.
Most instances of loss of nipple sensation following breast augmentation are temporary and nipple sensation usually returns within six to twelve months. Changes in sensation are more common in patients who...
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Nipple sensation after breast augmentation
Nipple sensation can be affected by breast augmentation. Usually as sweling dissipates the sensation comes back. But, about 15% of patients or so do not have normal sensation at one year after surgery.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.
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