Can the areola be reduced in size?

As women age, their areolas may become larger, especially during pregnancy, when this phenomenon may be more obvious. Enlarged areolas can affect the beauty of the breasts, and many women hope to reduce their areolas. In fact, this can be achieved through certain physical methods, such as applying vitamin B and vitamin C. In addition, if the condition is more serious, you can consult a doctor, who can treat it with surgery.

Can the areola be reduced in size?

1. Reduce by physical methods

You can apply vitamin E and vitamin C on the outer part of the areola to gradually fade the areola to make it smaller and lighter in color. You can also use your thumb and index finger to do rotating movements on the areola at ordinary times to speed up blood circulation, which also helps to lighten and shrink the areola.

There are many products on the market that can reduce the size of the areola and make it redder. You can apply them to reduce the size of the areola. However, when choosing products, you should be careful to select plants with less irritation to avoid causing damage to the breasts.

2. Reduce size through surgery

An enlarged areola is more common in women during pregnancy and after breastfeeding, and is often accompanied by enlarged or sagging breasts. The diameter of a beautiful areola is between 3 and 5 cm. If it exceeds this standard, it will be unsightly and the breasts will appear loose and shapeless, and often have color changes. This is often the result of breast swelling during breastfeeding and then shrinking again, so it is often accompanied by sagging breasts.

In order to restore a beautiful areola, areola reduction surgery is required. The excess area around the areola is surgically removed to restore its normal size. If there is sagging, it can be corrected at the same time. The operation is completed under local anesthesia, there is no scar after the operation, and the recovery period is about one week.

The specific steps of areola reduction surgery are as follows. Interested friends may wish to take a look:

(1) Anesthesia

Areola reduction surgery can be performed under local anesthesia.

(2) Incision

The surgery uses a circumferential incision or a fan-shaped incision around the areola. Areola reduction surgery does not damage the nipple and breast tissue. The incision marks are left at the edge of the areola or inside the areola and 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. Preserve the dermis and subcutaneous vascular network to prevent insufficient blood supply to the nipple and areola.

(4) Adjustment

A triangular piece of skin is removed from the outer skin in the transverse direction to reduce the radius to match the radius of the new areola.

(5) Suture