Having revision surgery for stretched out areolas. Which technique will help to keep them small, Lollipop or Donut? (photos)

You definitely want the lollipop. Although it has a vertical scar, that scar heals quite well. Also it dies a better job of keeping the areolae small. Donut scars are often quite widened. For a surgeon who knows what they’re doing there’s no comparison

Your doctor, you wrote, will use permanent suture, a fact which will reduce tension. This will give the least and nicest scar. Good luck. Dr. Ted Eisenberg, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Author. RealSelf Distinguished Hall of Fame Inductee. Philadelphia, Pa., USA

Hi Sunelli,
You face a problem that we encounter often in revision surgery. Patients often opt for the procedure with "less scars" not realizing that over time the results may not hold. In your case, you rightly point out that the lollipop lift will give you a better outcome long-term which should really be what you want. The vertical scars actually heal quite well in this procedure since there is no tension on the breast tissue. At Cosmoplastic Surgery, we have used the "Naturabra" technique that allows for your own breast tissue to act as an internal bra that supports the lifted breast. We just reported our results of the past 18 years of over 700 breast lift cases at the 100th anniversary meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons in San Diego in April 2022.