Nipple sensation recovery - can anything be done to improve feeling 2 years post op?

Question

2 years post op-—feeling in left nipple seems to have returned entirely. While I have feeling in the right nipple, it’s less sensitive, and the difference bothers me sometimes. Can anything be done to improve this? I am willing to do anything that could help.

Camille Cash, MD · Answer

Changes in sensation are not uncommon immediately after surgery.  Typically patients regain sensation as swelling resolves and healing continues but it can take up to a year.  After a year changes in sensation that are still present are generally permanent.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

My experience has been that most patients will develop a period of nipple hypersensitivity for about six months after breast reduction surgery.
The procedure can create diminished sensation or even numbness of the nipple.
Who does the procedure and how they do the procedure can impact this.
After the fact, I can’t think of anything that would change nipple sensation. 
Mats Hagstrom MD

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