In many women, an increase in the breast or nipples is associated with an improvement in its external attractiveness. Meanwhile, the correction of the entrained nipple is more aimed at solving functional defects in the mammary gland. The drawn nipple prevents the child from capturing it normally and resolving the issue of how to pull out the nipples is the solution to the problem of breastfeeding for many women.
Reduction or flattening of the nipple in a woman compared with the average size can be a sign that she has shortened the milk ducts. In this case, the nipple can not protrude above the skin at all, and with mechanical stimulation it retracts, such nipples react weakly to changes in temperature. But, in most cases, this does not interfere with the feeding of the child.
Worse, if the drawn nipple is combined with its diminution in size so that the child can not grasp his lips. It is in order for the infant to be able to normally grasp the nipple while feeding, it may be necessary to surgically increase the nipple.
The main causes of a small or retracted nipple are heredity, shortened or underdeveloped milk ducts, general underdevelopment or hypofunction of the genitals, the constant wearing of a tight bra, especially in adolescence, as well as breast tumors.
Methods for correcting the retracted nipples
There are several ways that you use to correct a small or retracted nipple:
- surgical methods of correcting the shape of the nipple (with the intersection of the dairy ducts and without crossing);
- vacuum extension of nipples with nozzles;
- massage of the nipples;
- tattoo (cosmetic correction to visually increase the size of the nipple).
Surgical methods are different for women who plan and do not plan breastfeeding. If a woman does not plan to feed her baby with breast milk, then only the nipple plastic surgery is performed, in which the too short milk ducts completely cross the nipples under the skin, after this operation, breastfeeding is impossible in the future.
But if the operation is performed to improve the possibility of breastfeeding, the integrity of the ducts is retained, and through the incision at the base of the areola only the connective tissues that hold the retracted nipple dissecting under the skin are cut through these tissues, the milk ducts are attached to the nipple. The difference between interventions is also in price - plastic with the crossing of the ducts is easier and cheaper. A choice of anesthesia - local or general, in any case depends on the doctor.
Vacuum stretching of the nipple is a relatively new method, which consists of wearing special nozzles that pull the nipple with a vacuum. The nozzle is put on the nipple, and on the other hand, the air is sucked off with a syringe. The device - the cap has small dimensions and is imperceptible under the clothes, but with a constant wearing of at least 8 hours a day for 2-3 months you can get a stable result of the nipple extension. But before the beginning of wearing it is necessary to consult a mammologist,
Nipple massage a woman can perform herself even at home, after studying the basic techniques of his technique from a specialist. But to begin such correction it is necessary still in adolescence, when the mammary gland grows and is sufficiently susceptible to any influences.
Tattooing is not a medical, but a cosmetic correction, in which a pigment is injected under the skin, visually increasing the size of the nipple. The procedure is very painful, but, qualitatively performed tattooing makes it possible to achieve complete similarity of the appearance of the nipple after correction with a conventional nipple.