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Because these procedures are performed under local anaesthetic, the recovery time is relatively short.
You should take things easy for a week or so after the surgery, but don’t stop moving altogether!
Take short walks and resume other gentle and sensible activities that won’t leave you feeling exhausted or raise your blood pressure.
The newly shaped nipples or areola will be held in place by a series of dissolvable stitches and a special ‘purse string’ suture is used to avoid stretching of the scar.
As with any surgery, it is important to consider the possibility of complications occurring. These can include scarring, infection, bleeding, wound healing problems, altered sensation, asymmetry, under or overcorrection, hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation (dark or light scar), and the possibility of revision surgery.
Costs for areola reduction, nipple reduction, or inverted nipple correction, under local anaesthetic, start from about £1,000 for one side, up to over £2,000 for both sides, depending on the surgery and the surgeon.