What to do with areola tissue on my anchor scar? (Photos)

Thank you for your photos. In patients who have very large areola or whose areola is not much lower than their inframammary fold, it is sometimes impossible to design the vertical lines of the breast lift pattern wide enough outward so they are outside the pigmented areola skin, so the pigmentation ends up on either side of the vertical line of the lift pattern. This may be able to be corrected, under local anesthesia with a simple re-excision of the skin if that skin has had a chance to relax. In addition, a more circular areolar contour may be able to be achieved during this revision. Speak with your plastic surgeon about this possibility. Best wishes.

If a woman has a very large areolar diameters prior to breast lift surgery, it is not uncommon to have pigmentation from retained areola around the vertical scar after surgery. This can generally be excised as a fairly simple outpatient procedure. Surgeons differ in their policy regarding costs for revisions. This should be discussed with your surgeon.

Unfortunately, during surgery the areola can be blanched by injected medications and staining by the prep solution. The result is that occasionally areolar skin is retained in the vertical component. Once this is recognized, it can be remedied by revision surgery to remove the pigmented skin. This results in a fresh incision that takes weeks to heal, just like the first surgery, As this was an unexpected outcome, most surgeons will not charge for the surgery fee. If anesthesia and professional ASC is necessary to accomplish the procedure you will be charged for these services.