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What Happens to My Nipples During FTM/FTN Top Surgery?

Posted on Oct 21, 2024 in FTM (female to male), FTN (female to nonbinary), Nipple sensation, Nipple-areola complex

4 Min Read: Female-to-male (FTM) and female-to-non-binary (FTN) top surgery is a transformative, gender-affirming procedure that aligns a person’s physical appearance with their specific gender identity. Depending on one’s preferences, […]

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How Can I Improve the Appearance of My Nipples and Areolas?

Posted on May 7, 2024 in Areola, Inverted nipples, Nipple-areola complex

4 Min Read: For many women, feeling confident and comfortable in their skin involves more than just the size and shape of their breasts. Concerns may also include the appearance […]

How Is Areola Reduction Performed?

Posted on Mar 1, 2018 in Areola, Nipple-areola complex

Many women who are interested in undergoing either breast reduction surgery or breast lift surgery also express concern regarding the enlarged size of their nipple-areola complex. Their large areolas—often the […]

Are Inverted Nipples a Sign of Cancer?

Posted on Apr 18, 2016 in Breast cancer, Breast revision, Nipple-areola complex

Contrary to what many people may think, the occurrence of inverted nipples is actually quite common, affecting approximately 10-20% of all women. In the vast majority of women, their existence […]

Nipple and Areola Reduction

Posted on Oct 12, 2015 in Breast augmentation, Breast implants, Breast lift, Nipple-areola complex, Plastic surgery

Every human being has unique physical characteristics. Most individuals visualize an ideal image of what each part of the body should look like based on norms or imagined norms. Any […]

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Breast Asymmetry

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 in Breast augmentation, Breast implants, Breast lift, Breast reduction, Liposuction, Nipple-areola complex

Breast asymmetry exists when a woman’s two breasts are not identical, mirror images of each other. The reality is that this is true of essentially all women’s breasts. Differences can […]

The Incision Used in Breast Augmentation Can Affect the Sensation of the Nipple-Areola Complex

Posted on Oct 24, 2011 in Breast augmentation, Nipple-areola complex

The incision that I have always preferred for a breast augmentation is the inframammary one (with rare exceptions). The reasons have been many including the relatively inconspicuous location and healing […]

The Limited Incision Periareolar Mastopexy Severely Sacrifices Breast Shape and Aesthetics

Posted on Jun 21, 2010 in Mastopexy, Nipple-areola complex

A periareolar mastopexy, which is also called a purse string, doughnut (donut) or circumareolar mastopexy, is a technique used for breast lifts that employs just one incision which is situated […]

The Appearance of the Nipple-Areola Complex in a Free Nipple Graft Breast Reduction

Posted on Jun 14, 2010 in Breast reduction, Free nipple graft, Nipple-areola complex

Though the overriding goals in breast reduction surgery are to adequately decrease the sizes of the breasts and to obtain reasonable contours after doing so, the final appearances of the […]