Will Nipple Reduction Surgery Scars Be Visible?

Generally speaking, the scars from nipple reduction surgery heal well because of the pigmented skin in the area. However, the type of scar left depends on your goals and the technique used. During your presurgical consult with your surgeon, you’ll get a better idea of the scar you’ll may be left with.

Fortunately, nipple reduction is a relatively simple procedure that can be performed using a local anesthetic as an office procedure. Depending on the patient's wishes there are a few techniques that I use - all of which generally preserve sensation and with negligible scars. The fact that you had bad foot scars would probably not affect the scars from your nipple surgery in most cases. Nipple reduction prices vary greatly because the s a wide range of due to a number of variables including differing techniques that can be performed. My recommendation is to first find a few qualified surgeon board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery that you trust, then compare prices between them. In our office it is approximately $1,500. Factors that influence the price include:

1. Location - Will it be performed in a hospital with an overnight stay, an independent out- patient facility or a doctors office? (Doctor’s office is least expensive)

2. Type of Anesthesia - local, IV sedation or General Anesthesia? Will a board certified anesthesiologist or a nurse anesthetist be used, or an RN? (local anesthesia will save you money)
    
      3. Experience and training of your surgeon. The best trained (and longest) would be a surgeon board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
   
      4. Length and Complexity of Surgery - how much will be removed, one or both sides, etc.

Nipple reduction surgery can reduce nipple size and height.  Scars usualy heal well, but this depends on the quality of your skin and the healing time of the wound. 

Nipple reduction scars are very difficult to see because the nipple is a pigmented structure.  Many different techniques exist for nipple reduction for both women and men.  The procedure can offer the patient much improved self-confidence.

A nipple reduction (the elevated appendage surrounded by the areola is tangentially amputated for reduction and leaves no visible scar. It is a very simple operation and done with local anesthesia.
An areolar reduction requires and incision completely around the areola and vertically to the inframammary crease (to allow for advancement of skin towards the areola. A donut mastopexy (the incision goes only around the areola) does not allow for reduction of the areola. In face, it might even result in a larger areola.