I've had 2 lollipop lifts, both times my body rejected the stitches around areola and left me with with widen scars. I went to a PMU for scar camouflage, and you can see in the pic how that turned out. I'm planning kids soon, so while I do want a full lift revision, I can't do that right now. Laser oxidized the ink because of the ingredients. If you were my doctor, what would you suggest as a fix for now until I can get a full revision? Areola reduction with external stitches? Will it be worse?
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You needed the vertical lift instead of just around the areolae. With the vertical lift, the stress is applied more to the vertical scar and less on the areola, and the breast can be lifted and supported better internally to decrease stress on the areolae. The areolar lift cannot do all of...
From the photo it looks like you will have the best outcome from a standard breast lift which would address the areola size as well. You can consider an autoaugmentation which uses your own tissue to create more upper pole fullness and improve shape. This is different than a fat transfer. ...
