Nipple Surgery to Reduce Areola That Doubled in Size?

I agree with Dr. Chong that the best available treatment for your condition is to remove the excess areolar skin. A word of caution is that the scar around the margin of the areola is not always ideal and you could be left with a wide unattractive scar. Also, this may not address your concern regarding the areolae being exposed when wearing low tops. An important measurement frequently used by plastic surgeons is the distance from the clavicle to the nipple or areolar margin. If this... more

Yes, you may be a good candidate for areola reduction. Fortunately, this is a procedure that can often be done under local or general anesthesia. It would be wise for you to consider the scar that will result, around the areola. The appearance of the scar may range from a fine line to a wide/thick/raise scar (that may require scar revision surgery). You should also consider other unfavorable sequelae resulting from this procedure. This may include asymmetric areola,... more

Many factors conspire to make women's areaolas expand; aging, pregnancy, weight gain/loss and genetics. An areolar reduction is a technique in which a "donut" of pigmented areolar skin is removed and the resultant wound repaired with a "pursestring" suture, which cinches the diameter at a smaller measurement. The success of this procedure depends on the pursestring suture staying intact. The technique also works well as long as the weight of the implant doesn't cause... more