Retained Pigment from Breast Lift Scar?

What you are describing, residual areola pigmented skin ( usually at the top of the vertical incision of the breast lifting scar)  is not uncommonly seen after breast lifting done for patients with relatively large areola. As you mentioned, revisionary breast surgery is often successful in removing the residual pigmented skin. Of course, much will depend on how much pigment is left and the current skin elasticity around the area. Sometimes, the pigmented skin is best removed in stages ( more than one procedure);  If too much skin is removed in one session, the breast shape may be changed unfavorably.

 You will find the cost will vary depending on surgeon, location, type of anesthesia used...

 I hope this helps.

 

Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and RF therapy to help reduce the longterm effects of the scarring. Keloids, hypertrophic scars, widened scars, red scars, and hyperpigmented scars all require scar modulation with topical creams followed by lasers and RF therapy. Topical skincare should be directed to a specific need, whether for pigmentation or hypertrophy and our office can guide you through the process to obtain the correct Plato’s Scar cream or Melarase cream for hypertrophy and discoloration. In terms of lasers, we would employ the vbeam laser for redness, Venus Viva RF, PRP microneedling, chemical peels, and Morpheus 8, fractional erbium, or fractional co2. All of these have their individual benefits. Most of all, we recommend you visit a solid plastic surgeon who understands surgical scar revision, laser therapy, and RF therapy for scars.

Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

Sometimes an operation is hard to say exactly where the areola stops. When the skin is been taken out to complete the mastopexy occasionally small amount of areola will persist. After healing is visible in most of the time can be excised with a simple operation.