A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

Seattle Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder has good news for you and your nipples.

I did a breast lift today on a lady who had waited years and years before having the procedure because she was afraid to have her “nipples cut off” and then “put back on”. This is a rather common misunderstanding about breast lift (and breast reduction) and I want to set the record straight.

Repeat after me:  “Your nipples never leave your breasts”.  The nipples are shifted up into a higher position with breast lifts and reductions but they stay attached to the underlying breast tissue and in most cases, sensation is preserved.

It is only in a rare, gigantic breast reduction that I do a procedure called a “free nipple graft” breast reduction.  In those cases, the nipple has to be raised so much that it is not possible to keep it attached.

Sooooooo, unless you are having a ginormous breast reduction, fear not your nipples falling off.

Thanks for reading!   Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder

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