Areola scars and residual areola post breast lift (Photo)

Hello dear, thanks for your question and provided information as well..

The breasts may lose their elasticity and firmness which can be caused by different factors such as pregnancy, massive weight loss, lactation and aging. To reaffirm the breasts and restore the natural look your surgeon can perform a mastopexy or breast lift. A breast lift restores a firmer, perkier, and more aesthetically pleasing shape to sagging breasts. This not only can improve a patient’s appearance by restoring her youthful, feminine proportions, but  also help bras and swimsuits fit more comfortably and attractively. By removing excess, stretched out skin, reshaping the breast tissue, and raising the nipple & areola into a more forward position, a cosmetic surgeon can create a more youthful breast contour. Stretched, large areolae can also be reduced during breast lift surgery, creating an overall better proportioned, natural looking breast, Actually the perkiness on a person or another, depends on patients skin and breast tissue!

Your question is a good one and a dilemma when ever scaring proves worse then we expected or hoped. Anyone with darker skin is more prone to scaring problems, both thicker scars or potentially darker scars. If you have other areas on your body that had surgeries or injuries and they scared that way also it means you might do it again it revised. Still now that your far enough out from your surgery you might have your surgeon revise your scars, but first pretreat your skin with Hydroquinone a topical agent that can decrease recurrent darkening and then also when recovering be more aggressive with topical scar ointments, topical silicone, or topical steroids earlier in your recovery assuming that wasn't already done. Now that the skin has relaxed and time has pasted a revision might not result in the same scaring problems, or at least may be much milder. Good luck going forward.