Please help. I am 5 months post op I got surgery in another country and I won't be goin back to see the doctor for another year. I need an opion from other doctors. I had wound opening during the first month and now it's heal I know that the scar will heal but what really bothers me in my nipple is deformed it's missing the bottom half because it got lost in the scar. What are my options?? Please someone help
Answer: Hello Hello, for what i could evaluate on the photos, you would need to wait for your skin to heal,completely and the scars to mature a bit longer,the you could have a revision of the scars, and round up the areola again, shouldn't be a problem. Best wishes
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Answer: Hello Hello, for what i could evaluate on the photos, you would need to wait for your skin to heal,completely and the scars to mature a bit longer,the you could have a revision of the scars, and round up the areola again, shouldn't be a problem. Best wishes
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July 8, 2015
Answer: Half of nipple lost after wound dehiscence. What can I do? Thank you for your question and photographs. The good news is it doesn't appear that you have lost the lower half of your areolas. The bad news is that the wound opening during your healing period has caused the healing scar to blend in with your areola tissue to distort its appearance. If you would want to try and improve the appearance of both, you can have a scar revision performed, but you would need to wait until you are completely healed from this surgery. This may be a year or more from the original date of your surgery, and can be tested clinically by a board certified plastic surgeon.
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July 8, 2015
Answer: Half of nipple lost after wound dehiscence. What can I do? Thank you for your question and photographs. The good news is it doesn't appear that you have lost the lower half of your areolas. The bad news is that the wound opening during your healing period has caused the healing scar to blend in with your areola tissue to distort its appearance. If you would want to try and improve the appearance of both, you can have a scar revision performed, but you would need to wait until you are completely healed from this surgery. This may be a year or more from the original date of your surgery, and can be tested clinically by a board certified plastic surgeon.
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Answer: Nipple loss Hi, sorry to hear about your journey. If the skin is settled down and there is no active inflammation you could consider medical tattooing, to give you the colour you are missing in the areola.hope this is of help to you, please keep me posted of your progress.Warm regardsDr Prashant Murugkar
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Answer: Nipple loss Hi, sorry to hear about your journey. If the skin is settled down and there is no active inflammation you could consider medical tattooing, to give you the colour you are missing in the areola.hope this is of help to you, please keep me posted of your progress.Warm regardsDr Prashant Murugkar
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July 9, 2015
Answer: Post op augmentation and lift whenever we do breast augmentation and lift there is a risk for nipple lossthe risk increase with smokingwhen we have nipple necrosis, we need to wait for a year then revise the nipple by removing the scar excess and redesign the nippleif with this maneuver there is still nipple loss. tattooing can be done to match the colorgood luck
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July 9, 2015
Answer: Post op augmentation and lift whenever we do breast augmentation and lift there is a risk for nipple lossthe risk increase with smokingwhen we have nipple necrosis, we need to wait for a year then revise the nipple by removing the scar excess and redesign the nippleif with this maneuver there is still nipple loss. tattooing can be done to match the colorgood luck
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July 8, 2015
Answer: Nipple Areolar correction Hi,Thank you for your question and your photos. Your photos demonstrate scarring from the wound opening up. The nipples look intact. Right now the scars are red and immature. Given time the scars will fade and blend into to the surrounding skin better. If you remain unhappy with their appearance, they can be revised under a local in the doctors office. Another alternative for you might be to consider a tattoo of the areola(the bottom half of the nipple that you mention) to improve the color. Good Luck. Doctor Bev
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July 8, 2015
Answer: Nipple Areolar correction Hi,Thank you for your question and your photos. Your photos demonstrate scarring from the wound opening up. The nipples look intact. Right now the scars are red and immature. Given time the scars will fade and blend into to the surrounding skin better. If you remain unhappy with their appearance, they can be revised under a local in the doctors office. Another alternative for you might be to consider a tattoo of the areola(the bottom half of the nipple that you mention) to improve the color. Good Luck. Doctor Bev
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