Do you recommend an areola reduction a second time after a previous reduction? (photo)

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I had an breast lift with an areola reduction in 2012. I since had another baby but even before that I wasn’t happy about the size and felt they were too large. Can I get better results if I do it again?

Karl William Schwarz, MD · Answer

The answer is you could do it—certainly, but I would not suggest doing it for a couple of reasons.First off, you have a nice result and your areola have a nice shape, albeit a little bigger than you would like. However, if you make them smaller you will also change the shape of your breast by flattening your breast. Without much excess skin your areola will just stretch back to their previous size although this time the scars will be wider and worse.I think you have a nice size and shape to your breasts and I would not risk changing the shape and getting a worse scar. Maybe down the road with time there will come a point when you will need another lift or a revision of your lift and I would reduce your areola at that time as part of the lift but, for now I would not.

Nelson Castillo, MD · Answer

Thank you for sharing your excellent question and photograph. Assuming your tissues have fully healed you could pursue an areolar reduction alone, or as part of a breast lift to achieve a look closer to what you had envisioned.

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