Nipple Reduction

Nipple Reduction Albania – Aesthetic Surgery in Tirana

At Queen Clinic, located in Tirana, Albania, we perform nipple reduction procedures with qualified professional surgeons. Sagging nipples can cause aesthetic problems for women and be the cause of various functional problems and psychological disorders. With nipple reduction in Albania, which offers long-lasting results in a short time, psychological problems can be avoided.

What is Nipple Reduction?

Nipple reduction, otherwise known as nipple correction operation is an easy cosmetic procedure whose goal is the reduction of the volume and the modification of the shape of one or both of your nipples or areola. The most commonly fought concerns are “inverted nipple” and “puffy nipple”.

Nipple reduction can aid in reducing the width and height of the nipple, reshaping the nipple in a more convenient way, treating volume, and shaping asymmetries in the adjacent areola. The whole surgery has the ability to maintain the sensation and has the main objective the restoration of a more pleasing and balanced chest appearance.

Nipple correction can be performed by itself with the administration of local anesthesia or combined with other procedures with the administration of general anesthesia, including breast lift, breast reduction, breast augmentation, or mommy makeovers.

Throughout the initial consultation with one of our knowledgeable surgeons, you will be capable of making known your aesthetic worries and revising the various surgical alternatives accessible to you.

Despite your requirements, the Queen Clinic is here to offer you the primer breast surgeons and methods for your treatment at the best facility available to accomplish your wish for aesthetics and a better-balanced nipple.

Why do people have it?

The advantages of nipple reduction surgery are not only cosmetic, but also psychological, and they include the following:

• The fast, simple, and efficacious 45-minute surgery
• Long-lasting reduction of enlarged areola or “puffy” nipples
• Recontouring of irregularly shaped nipples, namely protruding nipples and inverted nipple
• Restoration of a proportionate areola and nipple measurements
• Reduction of a low sense of worth when wearing clothes that are tight-fitting or swimwear
• Improvement of the sense of emotional wellbeing

Who is suitable?

Queen Clinic views as fit for the procedure individuals who check all the following bullet points:

• You are in a sound physical and psychological medical health
• Your BMI (body mass index) is ideal
• You have set realistic expectations of what can and cannot be accomplished through surgery and have a positive outlook
• You are looking for a way to reduce the dimension of your nipples or areola
• You are looking for a way to reshape your nipple or areola
• You are looking for a way to restore the right proportion to your chest region
• You are looking for an efficacious alternative, capable of delivering lifetime results

Nipple Reduction in Women

Research conducted in recent years has shown that one in ten women in Europe alone experience nipple-related conditions and deformities where nipples are either enlarged or irregular and they more often than not protrude through clothing. This might result in irritation, discomfort, and pain and is generally recognized as a “jogger’s nipple”. Weight loss and weight gain can also have a huge impact on nipple sizing and appearance.

Numerous women decided on undergoing the surgery following alterations to the breast and nipple throughout pregnancy or breastfeeding. Pregnancy simply changes the breasts and frequently will stretch out the areola, leaving you with a larger nipple than before. Breastfeeding too, can cause unwanted changes to the nipple. Both conditions however can be easily fixed with a nipple reduction surgery.

Areolas, or in plain English, the dark skin around the nipple, is oftentimes too huge or does not match, either since the beginning of puberty or as an outcome of prior surgery.

Nipple Reduction in Men

A large number of people are affected by a medical condition known as “puffy nipple” (part of the condition being Gynecomastia, or enlarged male breasts) which comes as a result of extra breast tissue or enlarged breast glands underneath the areola/nipple, moving the nipple in an outward direction, into a cone shape. This can, of course, have an impact on the level of self-consciousness, particularly when wearing semi-see-through t-shirts, when doing activities that need a bare chest, or when swimming. 

Data show that up to 60% of males around the world, and approximately 30% to 60% of adolescents, will experience Gynecomastia at a certain point throughout their life. Though it is most usual for teens between the age of 13 and 17 and for adult men over 60 years, it should be noted that the changes in weight can also impact the nipple. Numerous men decide to undergo the surgery to feel more confident in their skin and physical appearance, and ultimately, it can have psychological encouragement.

What to expect

The Consultation

The very first step of the nipple reduction procedure is the meeting of the patient with the surgeon, one that we feel is our best bet for the conduction of your procedure, for a consultation. During this consultation, you will have the chance to discuss with your surgeon what your expectations are, as well as you can have an in-depth discussion of what is and what is not possible to achieve, in accordance with your existing anatomy.

You will be taken through the alternatives accessible to you, and which one of them is the most favorable one for you given your previously stated ambitions. Having determined this, some key measurements will be made and there will be taken standard clinical photography.

Ultimately, a detailed discussion about the risks and complications of the procedure will take place, side by side with a discussion about what to expect throughout the postoperative and recovery stage. Your anamnesis or previous medical history will also be noted down, such as medications, previous operations, allergies, etc., and an evaluation of your fitness for the intervention.

If your surgeon declares you as suitable for the surgery, you will then be invited to give thought to whether you are going to proceed with the surgery or request a two-week “cooling off” period.

During this period you are more than welcome to come back to our office to discuss your possible surgery with your surgeon, as many times as you would like to.

Leading up to the procedure

Upon deciding to go on with the surgery, the following time you arrive at Queen Clinic, after the final consultation, will be the day you undergo the procedure. Prior to admission, the below behavioral changes are advised/required:

• Smoking must be discontinued in the 6 weeks before the procedure seeing as people who smoke have a bigger risk of healing slower and having complications
• Ceasing taking Aspirin or any medication that has content of it, in the week prior to the procedure
• Stopping the consumption of food or any drink, other than small sips of clear fluid such as still water, black tea, or black coffee, which are allowed for about 2 hours before admission. The consumption must be stopped 6 hours prior to surgery

On the day

On the day of the surgery, you will be required to arrive for your admission an hour prior to the decided start time of the procedure. At this moment, a nurse will come to you to record blood pressure and take any relevant vital, you will be meeting with the anesthetist and the surgeon who will be the ones making the final mark-ups.

The procedure is performed under local anesthesia taking approximately an hour. Techniques and incisions used will depend entirely on the technique utilized.

Treatment recovery

Though you shouldn’t feel any pain throughout the procedure itself, you might have some for a couple of days or weeks following it. If needed, you will be given painkillers.

After the procedure, you will be able to recover in our ambulatory recovery rooms for about two to three hours, depending on the scale of the surgery. Once our team is fully satisfied with the initial recovery and feels that it is complete, and you are safe to go back home, you will have permission to leave the clinic accompanied by a family member or a friend.

Once you have arrived home you will have access to our dedicated on-call nursing staff any time of the day or night, every single day. The team equipped with dedicated specialists is focused thoroughly on controlling your pain and discomfort, and they will be next to you for any inquiry or question you might have in the immediate post-surgery stage.

Our recommendation would be to come back and see our nursing team one week after the surgery to make sure that your incisions are still intact. At this point, we also advise meeting with one of our on-site aestheticians to talk about the treatment you are following to support the healing and scarring process.

Our last request would be to come back to your surgeon after 6 to 8 weeks for a final check-up.