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Will my Nipple Heal and Return to its Normal State?

asked 1 year ago by Wilsosa12 in NC
Latest answer by Fredrick A. Valauri, MD
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Tags: healing, inverted, normal, scab, smoking

I had nipple inversion surgery 12 days ago. Yesterday my ps dug out a black scab from the nipple. He said it would be ok then asked if I smoked. I've never smoked. It looks like the part that should protrude is gone. Will this grow back normal?

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Lack of nipple projection even after corrective surgery

If I understood correctly, you had surgery to correct inverted nipples 12 days prior to your plastic surgeon removing a black scab, and now the nipple is flat again. The scab could simply be old blood and fibrin which is common in a surgical wound.   It may also be some tissue that did not heal.   There are several surgies for correction of flat nipples, partly because none works perfectly all of the time.   The best thing do do is to discuss this with your plastic... more
Fredrick A. Valauri, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon

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