How can I fix these areola folds? (Photos)

Hello,This is not an 'easy fix' unless some sort of breast lift is performed. Dr. Taylor mentioned a circumareolar lift, which would eliminate your tethered areola and trade it for prominent scarring that goes all the way around your areola.  Your breast deserve a formal breast lift, which would vastly improve your breast shape, areola diameter, and nipple areolar complex position on the mound. Although there are 'more scars' with a formal lift, their appearance would be far more innocuous than a circumareolar lift. 

Dear Helen,   Thanks for posting your pictures, though, a full chest front and side view pictures would have been helpful, so we can see the two breasts in full view and compare symmetry.    From observing your pictures, your areola appears like in a tubular breast situation - herniating areola and it is very large. The most efficient way to correct  your problem is performing  purse string areola reduction (donut, Benneli). That procedure will tighten and flatten the areola. It will also reduce the size of the areola and make it more attractive.   Always, consult with experienced board certified plastic surgeons who operate in accredited surgery center for your safety. Most importantly, check the before and after pictures of breasts augmentation with mini lift in the photo gallery, to make sure that they are numerous, consistent and attractive with nice areola, nice cleavage, perky, symmetrical and natural looking.                                  Best of luck,                                             Dr Widder

It appears you had your breast implants placed through an areolar incision and the resulting scar tissue has caused some tethering underneath and overlaying areolar skin wrinkling. If you want to maintain your current areolar size a simple scar revision procedure can be done in an office setting under local anesthetic alone. I think an areolar reduction procedure would be a better option to correct your problem and to improve the overall look of your breasts. This can also be done in an office setting. I hope this was helpful to you!

Dear helen678,based on your photos, you will probably need a surgery to reduce the size of your areolas and to correct the problem. I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. You will get the best recommendations after a thorough examination.Daniel Barrett, MD, MHA, MS 
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery  
Member, Am. Society of Plastic Surgery

It appears that you have a scar around the lower portion of your areola. Did you happen to have your implants placed through that incision? However, debulking your nipple may be a possibility. Some patients after an augmentation may want to have this done to reduce the amount of projection behind the areola. I would suggest you consult with your ASPS Plastic Surgeon to get an in person opinion with a price quote. 

I wish you the best of luck!

This may be indentation of your hemiareolar incisions after breast augmentation but it also looks like you may have a variant of tuberous/tubular breast syndrome, which causes a bulgy, herniated-looking areola. This can be corrected in part with a circumareolar (Bennelli) mastopexy but if your areola is very wide, there is definitely a risk of areolar spreading and/or scar spreading over time. A vertical lift to correct nipple position and areolar size, reposition the breast tissue and implants, and tighten skin would probably be best but individual consultation with examination in the office is the best approach to helping counsel you.

Thank you for your question. Based on your photos, a nipple areolar reduction would be able to remove the excess skin and reduce your over all areolar size. I recommend speaking to your PS. Good luck . 

it should be able to be corrected easily under local anesthesia but just removing the extra skin at the areolar border so the scar will be virtually invisible.  Good luck! DSR

Great question.  It could be either the implant/pocket or loose areola/breast tissue.  An areolaplasty may be the best bet forward as it would also be able to make the areola smaller.  To do so, an incision around the areola would be made and a permanent suture to bring the breast skin towards the center of the areola would be placed.  There is a video link below that shows this being done.Good luck with your breast surgery.Dr. Remus Repta

Thank you for your question.  If your breast implants were placed through an incision in your areola, a trans-areolar breast augmentation, the scar caused by the incision is retracting or pulling on the area of the incision and causing the incision to tuck up beneath the areola skin.  A surgical revision is necessary to correct this.  If you choose to have smaller areolas this can be done as part of an areolar reduction.