Treatment of the postoperative inverted nipple with or without asymmetry of the areola.

Postoperative inversion of the nipple is a possible complication in reduction mammoplasty, especially when a tendency toward inversion exists prior to surgery. A technique for correction is presented, leaving no more scars than the peri-areolar scar corresponding to the nipple transposition. Dermal flaps are used to prevent recurrence. Any asymmetry in the location of the areolas or excessively high position can be corrected simultaneously.