I'm a 20 year old female, no kids. And I was considering puffy areola reduction. My areola is a little bit wider then a quarter in diameter. Everything else with the breast is fine, size and shape. But I have a puffy areola and so in the relaxed state there is no nipple just areola. I know it's a simple incision and quick healing process, but will having a puffy areola be a problem for breast feeding if I get pregnant in the future? And I haven't been able to find any before and after pictures of puffy areola treatment, where can I find some? And is this surgery by itself costly?
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Areolar reduction could be done at any stage. However, I would wait for 6-12 months after surgery to allow for resolution of the swelling and to allow for healing.
If you are only concerned about the shape of your areolae, then areola reduction surgery may be a suitable option for you. This would reshape/resize the areolae to make them proportionately pleasing.
Although it seems like it would be easy to just cut the outer circumference of the areola to reduce the diameter, there are a number of things to consider regarding the outcome.
Lets say that with your diameter areola of 8 to 9cm, (this is quite large) you wanted to have a reduction to a 4cm...