Nipple areola surgery solves the pain of breastfeeding for women with sunken nipples

  Ms. Yang, 25 years old, bilateral nipple invagination for more than 10 years, recently married, want to have children breastfeeding, but the development of incomplete invagination nipples make it difficult for her to fulfill her wish. In order to meet this wish, her lover took her to a number of hospitals in Foshan, but the answer she received was either that no such surgery was carried out, or that she could not breastfeed after surgery, or that she should go to a plastic surgery hospital in Guangzhou. Dr. Yao’s clinical examination found that Ms. Yang’s bilateral nipples were severely sunken and retracted, and that her nipples were small, her nipple necks were missing, and her basal development was incomplete and could not be pulled out (Figure 1). The surgery was difficult, and since the patient had to breastfeed, this added to the difficulty of the surgery and the risk of postoperative recurrence. Dr. Yao informed the patient and family of the specific situation factually and showed them photos of previous surgeries. After careful consideration, the patient and family finally chose Dr. Yao for surgery. Dr. Yao and his team, after reviewing a lot of domestic and foreign literature and combining their own experience, finally solved this problem by using the rotational cross-support of the dermal triangular flap in the areola area plus the suspension and traction method, and after the surgery, Ms. Yang’s bilateral inverted nipples were immediately lifted and recovered well (Figure 2, 3), thus fulfilling Ms. Yang’s dream of breastfeeding. Ms. Yang and her family were very happy and warmly thanked Dr. Yao’s team.