My Right Nipple Isn't Round?

You indeed paid a lot of money to look good. If your dissatisfied with the appearance of your breast it should be brought to the attention of your surgeon will do everything he can to make you happy.

Tell your doctor you are unhappy with the shape of that side, but realize that he or she may not want to do any kind of revision for 6-12 months since things change so much after surgery. There may or may not be charges. Every office has it's own policy. 

Don't panic! Adjustments are often necessary after cosmetic surgery and few surgeons would charge for them in the first year. After all they want you to be happy and refer your friends! They may even want to feature your boobs on their website.

Few nipples are entirely circular, but if yours are completely out of whack it is a simple matter to correct them under local anesthetic in the office. It is appropriate do do do this at 6 months to allow scar maturation and wound settling.

As others have said, you should communicate with your surgeon and listen to his/her advice.

 

It's too early to be worried.  Wait at least 6 months to see if the shape improves.  If you are still unhappy at that point, discuss the matter with your plastic surgeon.  Most surgeons will be more than willing to address your concerns.

 

Best,

can occur and most doctors have revision policies to manage such concerns as yours.  You should bring up your concerns to your surgeon and don't be surprised if there is a small fee.  No surgeon can guarantee perfect results but most surgeons want the best results that can be achieved for their patients.

Although you didn't specify whether you had a breast lift together with breast augmentation, the fact that you paid $10, 000 for your surgery suggests that you did.  If that is the case, it is not that unusual to see some irregularity in the shape of the nipple in the early stages, that is the first 6 months or so, following such procedures.  Your surgeon most likely did what most of us do when doing breast lifts, and used an actual template to design a perfectly round areolar border.  Even when we do this, there are forces that act on the tissues after surgery over which we have no control, such as gravity and the contraction of scar tissues.  These things may take what started as a perfectly round areola and distort the shape.  This doesn't mean that your surgeon did anything wrong or didn't "make" your areola round; it just didn't stay that way.  Having said that, it is still early, and things may still change as scar tissue and breast tissues relax and tensions even themselves out.  In the end, if your areola is still irregular over the next 2 or 3 months, it is usually not that complicated to simply revise the shape under local anesthesia in the office procedure room.  As far as costs of such a procedure go, each surgeon has his or her own policy on that, so I can tell you what I and most of my colleagues that I know around here do.  We typically do these minor revisions up to one year after surgery for only the cost of any operating room facility charges, equipment and supplies, and anesthesia services that may be needed.  Most of us don't  charge a surgeon's fee for these kinds of things.  For something like what we are talking about here, I would likely do the procedure under local anesthesia (therefore no anesthesiologist fee) in our minor procedure room (therefore no operating room fee) for minimal equipment (suture and things like that), so the cost would be very minimal.  In the end, everybody has to  realize that these are elective procedures that the patients as well as surgeons decide to do, and there can be no guarantees on the part of the surgeon about outcomes because so many things are beyond our control.  Thus, the most appropriate way to handle situations like this when the surgeon did everything in his power to achieve a good result and practiced at, or above, the community standard of care and the result was still not satisfactory, is for everyone involved to share their part of the responsibility to get the best outcome.  Thus, if the surgeon needs to do a minor revision for no surgeon fee, he should, but the patient should cover the actual costs of doing that too, so that the surgeon does not have to lose money on things that were beyond his control and to which the patient consented and agreed to (or should have if proper preoperative consent were performed).

Your final result after breast surgery is a combination of the surgical procedure and your body's healing response to it. The breast tissue and breast skin stretch and actually grow as tension and gravity affect the tissues, reshaping the breast over time. This process may take up to 6 months in my experience, so patience is a virtue here. Nevertheless, the healing process doesn't always result in the perfect shape, and sometimes a revision is needed. Reshaping the nipple or areola should be a small revision the can be performed under local anesthesia in the office at no cost to you. Feel free to discuss your concerns with your surgeon, he/she wants to give you a great result. This will help alleviate a lot of anxiety during the healing process! 

I am sorry to hear about your dissatisfaction but you will be much better off communicating your concerns in a calm and constructive fashion with your plastic surgeon. Understand, that the vast majority of plastic surgeons work hard to make their patients happy;  although the outcome of surgery is rarely “perfect”, if there is a way to improve your situation I am sure that he/she will do so. Policies regarding costs associated with revisionary surgery will differ from one  practitioner into another.

 Best wishes.

Pictures would have been a good help to give you advice, also what kind of surgery you had.  When breast lift or reduction are performed you may have some areola asymmetry after surgery , since each side will heal different . It usually reshapes itself as the healing process progress .   Areola shape can be revised at 6 months post op if required . 

Best wishes 

There is really not enough info here to comment on the outcome. Photos would help, as well as an idea of  what surgery you have had and when it was done. 

As to speaking with your surgeon it is completely appropriate to discuss any points of dissatisfaction. Assuming you had a breast enlargement, less than three months is a bit early to expect to see a final result, but again without a photo it is hard to comment. 

Most surgeons are quite reasonable when it comes to minor touch ups, but this does vary, and you probably received a packet of info discussing revisional surgery. 

Do make an appointment with your surgeon to discuss.  All the best.