Half of nipple lost after wound dehiscence. What can I do? (Photo)

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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

Luis Tactuk Simó, MD · Answer

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

Nelson Castillo, MD · Answer

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.

Jose M. Soler-Baillo, MD, MS · Answer

Thanks for the question. I recommend that you consult with a local board certified plastic surgeon so that he may examine your areola and check for possible infection or recommend a revision.All the best,Dr. ResultsMiami, FL

Prashant Murugkar, MD · Answer

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

Jacques Haddad, MD · Answer

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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