Areola Incision

Areola incisions are also known as peri-areolar or nipple incisions. You should know that we are talking about the most utilized incision at the moment. Every single implant can be put into the body through an areola incision. This includes over muscle implants, total sub-muscular implants and partial sub-muscular implants. Even the removal of breast implants can happen with the use of such an incision. There are also two other common types of incisions used in TUBA and transaxillary incisions. The advantage brought to the table by areola incisions stands in the fact that your surgeon is capable to work a lot closer to your breast, one fact that is not a reality with the other types of incisions mentioned.

The actual incision is done beyond the area of the areola (the skin area that is darker around your nipple). One interesting fact is that the scar will not be very visible as the areola incision is done right at the border of the areola. This is the area where the light breast tissue connects with the darker tissue. The reason behind not making the areola incision in the dark tissue area stands in the fact that a white scar will be noticed at the area of the incision. The result will not be at all attractive and needs to be avoided. By using proper areola incisions the majority of cases will show healing of the scars that is near perfection. This basically means that there is a low chance that the scar will be visible. There is also the possibility that the scar will not heal properly. Because of this the surgeon will sometimes use surgical tape so that we are faced with a reduction in the tension you will feel on the skin. The result is the skin being stopped from pulling and thus healing better. At the end you will just have a thin line that is not really noticeable. To make everything even more interesting, there are extra scar treatments that can be performed for an even better result.

If you are thinking about getting a breast implant that is not pre-filled there is one thing that you will need to discuss with your doctor. The surgeon will need to utilize protective sleeves in some areola incisions in the moment that the implant is inserted. The reason for doing this stays in the fact that the use of the sleeve will help in preventing contamination of the implant. We are basically faced with potential bacteria not being able to reach the impact. This means that no germ contamination can happen.

You should also know that mastopexy is linked with areola incisions in most possible situations. Every single breast lift will require the surgeon to perform a nipple incision. There is basically no reason why another type of incision would be utilized. The result would only be unnecessary scarring and there is no sense in having this.

The one fact that you will surely be happy to hear is that most women out there that had breast implants or breast lifts done through areola incisions have been very satisfied. The situations in which scars are visible and ugly are rare. Sometimes they will happen because of the lack of skill of the doctor performing the cosmetic surgery. In order to make sure that this does not happen you should only get an areola incision done by a plastic surgeon that has the proper experience behind him/her. Do not hesitate to ask about this fact. Any cosmetic surgery out there should only be performed by somebody with experience because we are talking about changes in how your body looks. You will want to look better and not be faced with scars!