Many women will find that their breasts will have some problems when they reach a certain age. The most common ones are breast sagging or darkening of the areola. It feels ugly, and I don’t know why the areola is getting bigger. So why is the areola getting bigger? Can plastic surgery reduce areola size?
1. What is the reason for the enlargement of the areola?
There are various reasons for the enlargement of the areola. It is generally believed that the enlargement of the areola in women generally includes four reasons: sexual life, genetics Sexual factors, pregnancy, excess estrogen. These four factors will make the areola enlarged to varying degrees. The editor will give you a detailed introduction below.
1. Sexual life
When women become adults, they will experience frequent sexual life. The nipples are constantly stimulated by external stimuli, causing estrogen to be continuously secreted in large amounts, causing melanin to accumulate around the areola. , causing the areola to appear enlarged.
2. Natural aging
Natural aging is a necessary process for the human body. The older a woman is, the more melanin will be in a woman’s body. The long-term accumulation of melanin in the nipple and areola cannot Eliminating it will visually give people the feeling of getting bigger.
3. Pregnancy
During pregnancy, women will secrete a large amount of estrogen, which gradually enlarges the areola and makes the nipples more protruding. This also prepares the body for breastfeeding a child in the future. performance. Pregnancy is also the main reason for the enlargement of the areola. Even after breastfeeding, it is difficult for the enlarged areola to return to its previous size.
4. Genetic factors
When some female babies are born, their parents find that their daughters’ areolas are larger than those of ordinary children. If this is not accompanied by other malignant symptoms, So there is no need to pay too much attention to this, it may be due to genetic factors.
5. Excessive estrogen secretion
Some female friends find that their areolas are larger than others during puberty. This makes female friends who have just entered puberty I am very worried and worried that there is something abnormal in my body or development abnormality. The areola becomes enlarged during the female growth period, usually because the body secretes too much estrogen, which causes the pigmentation of the areola and enlarges the areola.
2. What to do if the areola becomes enlarged
Excessive areola will affect the beauty of the breast. If you want to reduce the size of the areola, you can also recover it through plastic surgery. Areola reduction surgery is a plastic surgery Women may wish to try one of them. The following is a detailed introduction:
Areola reduction surgery is suitable for some recipients with small breast deformities due to congenital breast hypoplasia. The postoperative results will be more ideal. In addition, women with breast tissue atrophy and areola enlargement due to endocrine disorders due to childbirth, sterilization and other reasons will generally undergo nipple reduction, breast suspension and other surgeries at the same time. The specific steps of areola reduction surgery are as follows. Friends who are interested may wish to take a look:
1. Anesthesia
Areola reduction surgery can be performed under local anesthesia.
2. Incision
The surgery uses a circumareolar incision or a fan-shaped incision. Areola reduction surgery does not damage the nipple and breast tissue, and the incision marks remain on the edge of the areola or within the areola, which are generally not obvious.
3. Areola resection
With the nipple as the center, draw a circle with an appropriate radius (usually 1.5~2.5cm), and remove the circular areola skin outside this range. The dermal layer and subcutaneous vascular network are preserved to prevent insufficient blood supply to the nipple and areola.
4. Adjustment
A triangular piece of skin is removed from the outer and inner sides of the peripheral skin in the transverse direction to reduce the radius and make it consistent with the radius of the new areola.
5. Suturing
The operation involves slightly freeing the peripheral skin and then suturing it in position. After the areola reduction surgery, it is only covered with gauze, no bandaging is required, and antibiotics are taken. In addition, sutures are removed intermittently 7 to 10 days after surgery to prevent excessive tension.
Note: Areola reduction surgery cannot be done at any time. Women are not suitable for surgery within 6 months of menstruation, pregnancy, and lactation. Therefore, women need to understand the surgery before they want to have areola plastic surgery. Precautions should be taken before and after to avoid health problems.
3. Precautions before surgery
1. Before surgery, you should first determine whether you have a scar constitution. Since areola plastic surgery has incisions, it will leave fine scars, so those with severe scar constitution will Surgery is strictly prohibited.
2. Those who are allergic to local anesthetics or anti-anesthetics should inform their doctor before surgery.
3. Female surgery seekers should avoid the pregnancy and lactation period and menstrual period before undergoing surgery.
4. If you have serious abnormalities in the coagulation mechanism, you should truthfully inform the doctor before surgery and listen to the doctor’s surgical advice.
5. A full-body health examination is performed before surgery to ensure that the patient is healthy and free of infectious diseases or other body inflammations before surgery.
6. The recipient should stop taking aspirin and other drugs that may reduce coagulation function within 1 month before the operation. In order to ensure the safety of the areola reduction surgery, it must be avoided before the operation. Take this type of medicine.
7. Those who are mentally ill or have psychological disorders, lack recognition of their own conditions, and blindly pursue unrealistic beauty will not be able to undergo surgery.
8. Patients with high blood pressure and diabetes should inform their doctors about their condition during the initial consultation so that the attending doctor can confirm the surgical plan.
9. Patients with active or progressive diseases of important organs such as the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. should truthfully inform the doctor of the relevant conditions before surgery.