Board certified plastic surgeons Dr. Melinda Haws and Dr. Jason Cooper discuss the issue of inverted nipples and if any surgical or non-surgical correction exists to fix them.

Inverted nipples occur more often than one might think. About one out of every 10 women have them, and that’s about the same percentage of men who have the condition. Inverted nipples indent more than they protrude. They can be on one or both breasts. Many people either don’t care about their nipples being inverted or some people actually like the condition. Board certified plastic surgeons discuss the options and why patients may seek correction.

IT’S NOT ALL OR NOTHING WITH INVERTED NIPPLES
Some nipples only invert occasionally, and they can reverse to their normal state after changes in temperature or stimulation. Others nipples can be permanently inverted. This means that they’ll remain inverted unless you try to reverse them through one of a number of treatments, both surgical and non-surgical.

SHOULD ALL INVERTED NIPPLES BE ‘CORRECTED?’
No. In most cases, having an inverted nipple won’t affect you. This natural occurrence doesn’t increase your risk for any health complication. It also shouldn’t affect your nipple sensitivity. If you do want to reverse an inverted nipple for aesthetic reasons, read on!

Inverted nipple example.

When we talk about women’s breasts, inverted nipples is one of those subjects that’s very common but it’s not talked about very commonly. A lot of women don’t talk about it, but they wish they had something to fix it. The good news is, there is something. Actually, more than one thing. One option is quick and relatively painless. But another one, which does not require surgery, takes several months to determine if it will work.

DON’T ‘ADD ON’ INVERTED NIPPLE SURGERY WITH ANY OTHER BREAST SURGERIES
Jason Cooper, MD, a board certified plastic surgeon in Jupiter, FL, says it’s a fairly easy procedure, but one that shouldn’t be combined with other enhancement surgeries.

“Inverted nipples can be corrected,” Dr. Cooper tells The Plastic Surgery Channel, “but you need to be careful about combining the correction of an inverted nipple with a breast lift or other procedures where you may be taking away some blood supply from the nipple or areola at the time of surgery.”

“Try to just isolate that as a single procedure, and you’ll be much happier and you be much less likely to run into an inadvertent problem related to the nipple repair combined with another breast enhancement procedure.”

ALL INVERTED NIPPLE FIXES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL
Dr. Melinda Haws, a board certified plastic surgeon in Nashville, TN has a different perspective on why there are different approaches to fixing inverted nipples.

“There’s a lot of different ways of fixing inverted nipples because it’s hard to fix inverted nipples!” Dr. Haws observes. “It tends to be because the ducts are too tight and pull the nipple on the inside. One of the easiest, non-surgical ways to fix inverted nipples is to pierce the nipple and you leave it pierced for six to 12 months.

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