Inverted Nipple – Mr Adrian Richards, Leading Plastic Surgeon of Aurora clinics goes through each step of the Inverted Nipple Correction minor surgical procedure and before and after photos following surgery for inverted nipples. For more information or should you wish to book a FREE Consultation with our specialist plastic surgeon, please call us on 01844 214362.

Inverted Nipple Correction

Hello. My name is Adrian Richards. I’m a plastic surgeon and the Surgical Director of Aurora Clinics based here in the United Kingdom. Today I’m going to be talking about an extremely common condition, which is inverted nipple correction which affects approximately 10% of the female population in the United Kingdom. This is a lady who’s got Grade 3 inversion which means that the nipples are inverted and won’t evert.

This is her after the instillation of a local anaesthetic under the nipple. The area’s been prepped and draped and the nipple is now completely numb.

The first stage is to place a traction stitch through the nipple. You can see as I lift up I’m going to be stretching the ducts. I’m marking the new base of my nipple here. I’m going to make an incision at the 12, 3, 9 and 6 o’clock position.

I made the actual incision at the base of the new nipple on the lower aspect. That’s between the 9 and 6 o’clock position on the right side. Here you can see I’m just dividing the ducts with my scalpel here. By gently dividing the ducts, you can see that the nipple is held out.

Then I’m going to place two absorbable stitches through the nipple to hold the base to prevent the area reinverting.

Dressings with this doughnut of foam, some gauze in the middle. This stays on for approximately five days and takes the pressure off the nipple. Then brown tape is put on the area, which will stay on for approximately five days.

I’m going to show you some pictures. This is a Grade 3 inversion. This is just before the procedure. And here, a bit bruised immediately after the procedure.

Here we are another Grade 2 inversion in this case. This is the picture three weeks following surgery.

This is another very characteristic transverse fold in the nipple, and here we are again three weeks following the surgery.

Another case here with a characteristic transverse fold. This is immediately following the surgery. This is 15 minutes after the first one.

Here’s a lady having breast uplift combined with inverted nipple correction. Here you can see that’s just the scars from the uplift with the inverted nipple correction.

Here’s a lady with inverted nipples who underwent a breast enlargement with inverted nipple correction.

Often the inverted nipples are performed on their own, but sometimes with other procedures. I hope you found that video interesting. If you’d like any information about inverted nipples, please contact us either via our website or by phoning us on our UK number which is 01844 214362. Thank you very much for listening and watching the video.