Bumpy Scar Around Areola After Breast Lift

Question

I have a very bad bumping scar around my areola due to a breast lift i have over a year and a half ago. I spoke with the doctor who did the surgrey he kept telling it would get better but it never did. After a year later he tells me i got the bumps do to tightening around the areola, whatever that means. I really need to know what happened and what do i do to fix it.

Armando Soto, MD, FACS · Answer

Hi there-

	Without examining you and knowing more about the details of your surgery, it would be difficult to say exactly what is going on or how I would recommend correcting the problem, but based on the information provided, it sounds like a minor revision of the skin and scar around the areola should effectively improve the problem for you.

Brent Moelleken, MD · Answer

If a lot of gathering was done around the areola, we essentially have a gathering effect caused by a large circle being closed wto a small circle.  This is most common with periareolar, doughnut, or Benelli type procedures.

	This problem can often be corrected by conversion of one of the lift types above to a Wise pattern or anchor procedure.

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

The  best thing to do in your situation is to be evaluated in person by well experienced board-certified plastic surgeons who can determine the cause of the &ldquo;bumpy scar&rdquo; and the best ways to revise the area. Unfortunately, without direct examination any advice you receive is not precise enough.

	Best wishes.

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Lumps around the areoladue to unfavorable scarrring more than likely can be revised, but without an exam I can not be sure.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

Sounds like he used permanent deep sutures that never dissolved. Seek another opinion to answer these questions. You may need a scar revisional surgery.

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Bumpy Scar Around Areola After Breast Lift

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