Post Date November, 17 2024
Breasts are an important part of women, not only playing a role in breastfeeding, but also playing a beautiful role. Nipple recession is a serious impact on women's beauty and health, and must be taken seriously.
What is inverted nipple
Nipple invagination, also known as nipple invagination, refers to a nipple deformity that does not protrude from the areola plane or even protrudes below the areola, forming a volcanic crater like shape locally. Nipple retraction mainly occurs in women, and relevant reports show that the proportion of nipple retraction in women is about 40%, and severe cases can affect normal breastfeeding.
There are two types of nipple retraction: true and false. True refers to the retraction or inversion of the nipple into the breast, and even if the nipple is pulled, it cannot be higher than the breast skin. This is the main situation of nipple retraction. Pseudo nipple retraction refers to the normal development of nipple size, but only being trapped in the areola. If the nipple is not stretched, it cannot stand up, and the stretching is higher than the breast skin.
Nipple recession can be divided into two types: primary and secondary. Primary breast recession is mainly related to genetic and developmental factors, while secondary breast recession is mainly caused by breast tumors, breast inflammation, breast trauma, and other reasons. Nipple recession not only affects the overall appearance of the breast, but also affects breastfeeding. Some women with nipple recession can cause local infections and endanger their health. Therefore, daily cleaning and correction are necessary for nipple recession.
Symptoms of inverted nipple
Temporary invagination: The nipple can contract slightly, and there are grooves at the base of the nipple.
Secondary invagination: Moderate contraction of the nipple, with the top of the nipple sinking into the areola.
Third degree retraction: This is the most severe condition of nipple retraction, where the nipple contracts severely and folds into the breast.
Diagnosis of nipple invagination
If it is mild and shows varying degrees of nipple retraction, squeezing the breast skin with your hand can squeeze the nipple, or using negative pressure to attract the nipple to protrude from the breast skin.
In severe cases, nipple recession occurs when the nipple is completely submerged on the skin and cannot be squeezed out, often growing in the opposite direction. Of course, even if these inverted nipples are squeezed out, they are usually very small. There is no obvious nipple neck. The depth of indentation is divided into partial nipple indentation, with a nipple neck that is easy to extrude, and the size of the nipple after extrusion is not significantly different from that of ordinary people. Two types, the nipple is completely sunken in the areola, but when squeezed out by hand, the nipple is smaller than normal and mostly lacks a nipple neck. The third type is that the nipple is completely buried under the areola and cannot be squeezed out of the sunken nipple.
Nipple retraction examination
1. Molybdenum target X-ray examination: Axial X-ray can reveal breast masses, fibrosis, and calcification lesions.
2. MRI examination: Fat resistance scanning can display sunken nipples.
