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

Yes, the excess areolar skin can be cut out in the office under local anesthesia. Sometimes because of tightness, it might take 2 sessions. Discuss with your surgeon if there is a fee for this revision.

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.